2023One day after the CPUCs decision.

which administers the Medicare program.Were much better off paying on a per capita basis.

The current fee-for-service system doesnt fully accommodate the time and effort primary care physicians put into small-ticket activities like emails and phone calls.which covers 65 million people who are 65 and older or who have certain long-term disabilities.) would bolster primary care by increasing training opportunities for doctors and nurses and expanding access to community health centers.

Substantial disparities between what primary care physicians earn relative to specialists like orthopedists and cardiologists can weigh into medical students decisions about which field to choose.They can do their residency elsewhere.

but with the average medical student graduating with just over $200.

a zero-sum arrangement in which payment increases for primary care providers mean payment decreases elsewhere.He lived his entire life in the service of others — including both his time in government and his subsequent career helping to free people held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad.

who headed the New Mexico Oil and Gas Association.Richardson ran for the 2008 Democratic nomination for president in hopes of becoming the nations first Hispanic president.

The Richardson Center for Global Engagement.ambassador and energy secretary under President Bill Clinton and served 14 years as a congressman representing northern New Mexico.