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erronis

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6. When you shut down gynecology/obstetrics you lose pediatricians and then general practitioners, etc.

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Original post)

Sat Dec 7, 2024, 01:17 PM

Dec 7

The ripple effect will happen.

The US healthcare system is being deliberately crippled. Primary care physicians (the old family doctor) are having to try to do more with less. And burnout and low (relative) pay is driving them away.

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