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But we can't expect our family physicians and other primary care colleagues to continue to bend over backwards in a healthcare system that rewards procedures over all else. I grant you that cognitive skills are necessary to perform said procedures but when the ratio of specialists to primary care physicians becomes too great and we emphasize, incentivize and pay for doing rather than caring, we're setting ourselves up for a disaster (especially with millions of currently uninsured suddenly being added to the number of insured patients without commensurately increasing the number of family physicians and general internists to care for them). What good is insurance if you still can't find a family physician with an open panel to care for you?Just in case you know someone who needs medical care but can't afford it, take a look at the " Low Cost Medical/Dental/Pharmacy Options " tab at the top of this page. 
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