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What’s Causing Fewer Primary Care Visits in the US?

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FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Americans who have commercial health insurance (say, through an employer or union) are rarely thought to face barriers to receiving health care — in particular, primary care, that front line provider and on-ramp to the health care system. So what is primary care, anyway? visits per 100 member-years.

What’s Causing Fewer Primary Care Visits in the US?

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