Primary care saves lives. Here's why it's failing Americans.
When it comes to saving American lives, don't look to cardiologists, oncologists or even the made-for-TV heroes in the ER. It's primary-care providers who offer the best hope of reversing the devastating decline in U.S. life expectancy. That's the conclusion reached by experts who study America's fractured health-care system.Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post. A 2019 study based on U.S. population data and published in JA