Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Experts: ACA could overload primary care


Experts: ACA could overload primary care-politicoThe health system is girding for millions of new patients under Obamacare, and experts are worried that an already-strained primary care system could buckle unless other health care professionals are marshaled to perform primary care.“We need to get away from the old system of fragmented care and really work on team-based care,” said Wanda Filer, director of the American Academy of Family Physicians, at a POLITICO Pro Breakfast Briefing on Tuesday morning.