American doctors are generally paid much more than doctors in other rich countries, but we nonetheless have strikingly few general practitioners:
And yet it’s GPs who are best-positioned to do the kind of advice-giving and preventive health work that’s far and away the most cost-effective way to improve health outcomes.
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