Currently, only 2% of medical school graduates choose primary care as a career.
You may choose in-home care, where the caregiver comes to your home.
And it will reduce the individual's already limited ability to choose medical care.
Not surprisingly, all three had chosen primary care, since that was where the jobs were.
In 1998, half of internal medicine residents chose primary care, but by 2006, over 80% became specialists.
The best way to find out is to build in market pressure so that consumers choose low-cost, quality care.
Many employers added drug coverage to their health plans in the early 1990's to induce workers to choose managed care.
A question is whether the premiums would rise for traditional Medicare, causing more people to choose managed care.
They could agree that doctors and patients need better incentives to choose effective medical care.
Others choose palliative care, which does not try to cure your illness.