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Primary Health Care

The American Health Care system prides itselfsystem.  Many  serious  health  problems
on  providing  high  quality  services  to
-- such as lead poisoning and drug-resistant
citizens who normally cannot afford them.tuberculosis  --  are  handled
It's  been  in place for years and until now
inefficiently or not at all.Perception of
has done a fairly decent job. The problemfamily physicians is another leading problem
today  is  money;  the  cost  of  hospitalin  health  care.  Under  our
services and physician fees are risingcurrent system, specialists can take any
faster than ever before. Government has beenpatient  they  want  without  a  referral
trying to come up with a new plan even(assuming insurance/payment is guaranteed),
though  strong  opposition  against the ideafurther,  that  specialist  can  provide  a
of a new Health Care system exists.There arepatient with primary care in addition to
arguments to be made for both sides of thetheir own specialty.The reduction in the
aisle,  but  money  seems  to  benumber of primary care physicians has
resulted  in  specialists
the common concern. Both sides want to save
money,  but  in  different  ways.  Thetaking on some of the workload left behind.
But  the  question  remains,  are they truly
movement for change believes that there is a
need  because  the  system  was  notthe best qualified to provide primary level
care?  One  could  argue  that  since  a
designed to face the problems it does today.
Every  month,  2  million  Americans  losecardiologist has had some training as an
internist before their fellowship, that they
their insurance. One out of four or 63
million  Americans,  will  lose their healthare qualified as general practitioners.
Conversely, a physician trained specifically
insurance coverage for some period duringin
the  next  two  years.  37 million Americans
primary care cannot legally, ethically, or
have no insurance and another 22 millionmorally  provide  cardiology based services.
have inadequate coverage.Losing or changing a
job often means losing insurance. BecomingBut is the cardiologist really suited to
ill  or  living  with  ahandling a patient's primary care needs?The
more a specialist sees patients for primary
chronic medical condition can mean losingcare  purposes  (and  they  do,  because
insurance  coverage  or  not  being  able to
economically, it adds to their practice) the
obtain it. Long-term care coverage isless  time  they  have  to  pursue knowledge
inadequate.  Many  elderly  and  disabled
and research in their respective field. In
Americans enter nursing homes and otherthe  United States, the whole idea of having
institutions  when  they  would  prefer  to
specialists is having "the best and
remain at home. Families exhaust theirbrightest in their field."If a new crop of
savings  trying  to  provide  for  disabledprimary care physicians could be cultivated,
they  could  focus  more
relatives. Many Americans in inner cities
and  rural  areas  do  not  have  access  toon community health and expand practices (in
general,  not  just  a  few)  to  house
quality care, due to either poor
distribution of physicians, nurses,calls, free clinics, and off-hours clinics.
hospitals,  clinicsIn  this  way health care could be made more
and/or support services. Public healthaccessible and affordable to those who
services  are  not  well  integrated  andtypically  need  it  most:  the  low-income,
coordinated with the personal care deliveryelderly, uninsured or underinsured.



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