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primary care

NOUN
first-contact medical care
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But co-pays are higher for bronze plans — $60 for primary care visits versus $50 for silver plan visits.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

"Your primary care physician will know the constellation of your medical conditions and other medications you might be on," Padula said.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2026

The changes are even more pronounced in primary care: Nearly half of doctors’ offices are now private, and tech upstarts are disrupting the sector.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

The Welsh government said it was considering other arrangements in the future, including primary care, and further decisions about the deployment of weight loss medicines will be made as the new clinical pathway develops.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

We’ve had people come in saying they want to sue some specialist, and we’ll say, ‘We don’t think that doctor was negligent. We think it’s your primary care doctor who was at fault.’

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell



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