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The Crisis in Primary Care

If the so-called "Big Beautiful Bill"--or what I like to call the Unhinged Ugly Usurping--passes the Senate, say goodbye to finding a primary care physician in your neighborhood. Or anywhere.

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Deborah Copaken
Jun 10, 2025
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What will primary care look like if no one but the uber rich can afford med school?

I will admit, with no lack of shame, that I’d never heard of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program before my daughter, who just graduated med school with over $280,000 in debt, told me several weeks ago that it is in a full-scale, three-alarm-fire crisis under our c…

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