In this episode of the Federal Newswire Lunch Hour, host Andrew Langer sits down with Robin Anderson, MD, President of the Virginia Academy of Family Physicians, for a candid conversation about the future of American health care.
Dr. Anderson explains why long-term relationships between patients and family physicians remain the backbone of effective care, even as telemedicine, AI, and on-demand health services expand. The discussion tackles the physician shortage, burnout in primary care, administrative overload, prior authorization abuse, Medicare payment disparities, and why underinvestment in primary care is driving poor health outcomes despite record spending.
This wide-ranging interview also explores medical education reform, residency bottlenecks, the limits of automation in medicine, and what policymakers are getting wrong about health care access. A must-listen for anyone interested in health policy, medical workforce challenges, and the real-world consequences of treating health care like a commodity.
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