Comments on: More on Primary Care Challenges http://trishatorrey.com/2008/12/17/more-on-primary-care-challenges/ A blog about patient empowerment, advocacy, safety, consumerism and tools to navigate the dysfunction of American health care. Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:29:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dr. Bobbs http://trishatorrey.com/2008/12/17/more-on-primary-care-challenges/comment-page-1/#comment-31118 Dr. Bobbs Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:18:58 +0000 http://trishatorrey.com/?p=676#comment-31118 I'd love to earn $175,000 a year. I'm a family doctor and I'm in the office 7 days a week and I make nowhere near that. Thanks for highlighting one of the fundamental problems with our health care system: the lack of primary care medicine. I’d love to earn $175,000 a year. I’m a family doctor and I’m in the office 7 days a week and I make nowhere near that.

Thanks for highlighting one of the fundamental problems with our health care system: the lack of primary care medicine.

]]> By: Evan Falchuk http://trishatorrey.com/2008/12/17/more-on-primary-care-challenges/comment-page-1/#comment-30160 Evan Falchuk Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:21:13 +0000 http://trishatorrey.com/?p=676#comment-30160 Time is the problem with primary care. Because of lower reimbursements, PCPs need to see more and more patients and spend less time with (and thinking about) each one. The result is a high rate of incorrect diagnosis and treatment, unnecessary suffering, and avoidable expense. Not to mention a terrible customer experience. It's well worth it for the government, insurers and even consumers to spend extra money on primary care. The savings in terms of all of these issues would be substantial and well worth the cost. Time is the problem with primary care. Because of lower reimbursements, PCPs need to see more and more patients and spend less time with (and thinking about) each one.

The result is a high rate of incorrect diagnosis and treatment, unnecessary suffering, and avoidable expense. Not to mention a terrible customer experience.

It’s well worth it for the government, insurers and even consumers to spend extra money on primary care. The savings in terms of all of these issues would be substantial and well worth the cost.

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