The Boston Globe: Mass General Brigham primary care doctors ask lawmakers for help with union fight Primary care doctors at Mass General Brigham who voted overwhelmingly to unionize last May are ratcheting up the pressure on the state’s largest health care system to drop its legal challenge to the ... Mass General Brigham primary care doctors ask lawmakers for help with union fight NPR: Primary care is in trouble. Doctors are banding together to increase market power Primary care is in trouble.

Understanding the Context

Doctors are banding together to increase market power Western Massachusetts, a patchwork of rural communities and low-income cities, is a difficult place to find a primary care doctor, if you don't already have one. Frustrated patients often take to ... The MetroWest Daily News: Mass. lacks primary care physicians.

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Here’s what legislators are doing about it Massachusetts faces a primary care physician shortage, despite having a high number of physicians per capita. A new task force aims to address the shortage by increasing primary care spending and ...