The fact is, many poor patients visit ERs simply because they don't have a family doctor.
We have the greatest hospitals, doctors, and medical technology in the world - we need to make them accessible to every American.
Now that doctors have stopped making house calls, lots of patients now have to die without their help.
You don't have a family doctor anymore like you did when you were a kid, who treated you throughout your life.
There are enough doctors on the planet so that nobody has to die for lack of attendance.
My kids' doctor will quickly answer any email, even if it's 11:00 at night. That's important to me.
Disease increases in proportion to the increase in the number of doctors in a place.
Top doctors, I have come to believe, are as big a menace to your health as top money managers are to your bank account. They are almost never available to talk to.
We can have the best health insurance options in the world, and people still won't get needed care if we don't increase our supply of primary care physicians and nurses.
