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Article: Primary care needs real change.(EDITORIAL)
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- Internal Medicine News
- Article date:
- March 1, 2009
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For "real change" to be more than a political sound bite, the new administration in Washington will need vision and courage to promote and sustain high-quality and affordable health care. Part of that vision will need to be a strong primary care workforce.
Our system of medical education attracts some of the best and brightest students, educates them well in our medical schools, and provides unparalleled training in its postgraduate programs. Our research institutions, private industry, and universities have given us new therapies and technologies that are among the finest in the world.
Despite these advances, we still have 45 million people without ...