PBMs sit at the center of the U.

according to the National Academies of Sciences.And there are targeted efforts in Congress: for instance.

and the punishing workload typically faced by primary care physicians.It accounted for less than 5% of health care spending in 2020 significantly less than the average spending by countries that are members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.the United States has underinvested in primary care.

but their clinical training exposes them to a punishing workload and burnout that is contributing to the shortage of primary care physicians.Private health plans typically base their payment amounts on the Medicare system.

the system that Medicare and other health plans use to pay doctors generally places more value on doing procedures like replacing a knee or inserting a stent than on delivering the whole-person.

and it is our top priority on the Hill right now.Judge Terrence Perkins can hit Depa with a term of anywhere between probation to the maximum of three decades behind bars.

The beating — which left her motionless on the floor — was captured on surveillance cameras and quickly went viral.became enraged after a teacher confiscated his Nintendo Switch.

Depa wasinitially charged as a juvenilein the case before the raps were upgraded.Joan NaydichNaydich returned to the school under a different title in August but was then placed on an unpaid leave of absence.