Corporate Giants Buy Up Primary Care Practices at Rapid Pace

May 8, 2023

(New York Times) – It’s no surprise that the shortage of primary care doctors — who are critically important to the health of Americans — is getting worse. They practice in one of medicine’s lowest paid, least glamorous fields. Most are overworked, seeing as many as 30 people a day; figuring out when a sore throat is a strep infection, or managing a patient’s chronic diabetes. So why are multibillion-dollar corporations, particularly giant health insurers, gobbling up primary care practices? (Read More)