The Primary Care Prescription (Part 2): The Decimation of Primary Care

Our nation spends only 4.5% of all healthcare spending on primary care (compared to 6% for dialysis treatment). This inadequate investment in primary care is half of what other advanced nations spend. Finally, this investment percentage has been steadily declining for 30 years. All the alleged reforms to healthcare do not focus on the real problem — economic incentives that drive this decline.