The Preamble

The Preamble

The Doctor Shortage We Designed

America’s two-tier system is here: concierge care for the few, crowded waiting rooms for everyone else

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Elise Labott
Nov 06, 2025
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We all want the same thing: a doctor who knows our name and our health story.But across the country, that relationship is disappearing

In The Doctor Shortage We Designed, we unpack how a 1997 policy decision set off a slow-motion crisis. And what we’re not changing, we’re choosing.

—Sharon McMahon

Editor-in-Chief, The Preamble

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