Medical Economics September 12, 2025
Key Takeaways
- The U.S. primary care system faces a crisis, with issues in financing, workforce, and access, despite high healthcare spending.
- The 2025 Primary Care Scorecard reveals nearly 30% of adults lack a usual source of care, highlighting system fragility.
- Fee-for-service models inadequately support primary care, necessitating a financial overhaul to improve care quality and accessibility.
- Medicare’s undervaluation of primary care influences industry standards, affecting care quality and accessibility.
Leaders of the Milbank Memorial Fund, Robert Graham Canter and Primary Care Collaborative discuss a key part of the U.S. health care system.
Earlier this year, several organizations collaborated to publish “The Health of U.S. Primary Care: 2025 Scorecard Report — The Cost of Neglect.”
It’s a national examination...
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