opinion
Want more primary care? Pay for it
Posted Jan. 10, 2011
If you really want to increase the number of primary care doctors, give them a bigger piece of the pie. Why would anyone spend 30 minutes with a patient and get $50 or less when you can get $1,000 as a specialist?
Gerry Cabalo, MD, North Wilkesboro, N.C.
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