Health care reform starts with primary care.
Under the Clinton health care reform plan, primary care physicians will be the gatekeepers of the health care system. Patrick E. Kapsner, FACMPE, writes about how the primary care physician will be a part of managed competition and how they will interrelate with specialty practices.
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Bristol Park Medical Group Inc., Costa Mesa, CA 92626.
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