What lawyers and Mexican medical schools can teach us about primary care

Medical Economics September 5, 2024
David Lenihan

Two solutions for the primary care shortage from unlikely sources could boost access

There’s good news about the of primary care physicians in the U.S. and diminished access to primary care medicine by patients across the country: It’s finally being addressed.

The not-so-good news is that a proposed Congressional fix, while well-intentioned, does not guarantee the delivery of improvements nationwide – particularly among many of the states where it’s urgently needed.

For example, 11 states have chosen not to expand the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid coverage for their residents. Ironically, most of these states are at the lower end of the national ranking of primary care providers per 100,000 people. The takeaway of this comparison is that even if a...

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