I’m happy to see mainstream media starting to publicize the death of primary care:
“Why do we pay somebody $1,000 for a half-hour of surgery and pay someone $100 for a half-hour of thinking?” he asked. “I do a preventative test on someone that keeps them from getting cancer – a pap smear, a colonoscopy, whatever – and I get my $50,” he said. “But if I cut off a mole, I get $200.”










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