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Primary Care in the U.S. – Still a Weak Backbone for the Health of Health Citizens

Health Populi

The Commonwealth Fund has tracked primary care access for many years, and over time has found the United States to lack the kind of primary care “backbone” that many wealthy nations have — whose health citizens also enjoy much better health outcomes that relate to easier access to health care.

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Americans’ Sense of Well-Being Falls to Great Recession Levels, Gallup Finds

Health Populi

In the depths of the Great Recession in 2009, the globally economy declined by 0.1%, staying relatively flat. national policies to attend to both the financial/economic scars as well as physical and mental health now and in post-pandemic life in 2021. ” As the Gallup poll informs us, we must be mindful in U.S.