Primary Care Remuneration — A Simple Fix

Fixing primary care is critical to health care reform but will require simultaneously fixing several problems, including those related to remuneration, the work environment, and medical education. 1 The most critical of these issues is remuneration. The week of June 15 to 26, 2009, was bittersweet for those of us who care about primary care. President Barack Obama addressed the American Medical Association, emphasizing the central role that primary care must play in health care reform. 2 We then learned of the death of Dr. Lynn Carmichael, a founder of the modern field of family medicine. 3 The roller coaster continued with the . . .