AAFP-Backed, Bipartisan Primary Care Caucus Forms

By Michelle M. Stein / October 7, 2015 at 2:42 PM
Reps. Joe Courtney (D-CT) and David Rouzer (R-NC) are spearheading a new Congressional Caucus on Primary Care, backed by the American Academy of Family Physicians. The new caucus will be launched Oct. 8, according to AAFP. "Primary care providers will play an increasingly important role in shifting our health care system to reward better quality and lower cost," Courtney says in a video introducing the caucus. AAFP says the caucus plans to focus on training more doctors to enter primary...


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