Family physicians belong at the heart of a primary care–focused health care system.

A primary care system centered on whole-person care and a steady patient-physician relationship leads to the best health outcomes while limiting health care costs.

Health IT—a critical element in improving U.S. health care delivery—should be more accessible and affordable to primary health care providers.

Several legal and regulatory concerns demanding vigilance and action are at the heart of financial pressures limiting growth of the primary care workforce.

Physician payment reform must be a top priority across all payer systems to transform and grow comprehensive primary care.

Primary care physicians are more critical than ever to U.S. health, but the family medicine workforce pathway has never been more challenged.

We’re at the vanguard of the nation’s public health effort, amplifying the voice of primary care at the policymaking table.

The AAFP vigorously supports new research initiatives and advocates for funding to develop and sustain primary care.