My primary care access horror story | David Tuohey

David Tuohey shares a personal account regarding challenges with primary care access. The narrative explores how political debates over healthcare efficiency and waste change when individuals face illnesses that threaten their quality of life.
Healthcare can be a divisive political issue, until it gets personal. Political arguments about waste, fraud and efficiency in the industry evaporate quickly in the face of an illness that threatens quality of life or life itself.
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