Hello Class! I have chosen to talk about primary care because it is the first step and arguably the most important. Primary care is when we first meet the patient when they are experiencing a health related issue. The main goals of primary care is to prevent new illness, manage any chronic illness, and promote a healthy and active lifestyle. There is a very large team that can participate in primary care. Physicians including doctors and nurse practitioners, nurses, social workers, and medical assistants. Everyone can be seen in the primary care setting as it is the go to. Think of your doctors office and what you witness that goes on onside of it. They perform regular immunizations, monitor and treat minor issues, and education patients on the simple things such as diets. Other places that offer primary care are local health clinic, urgent care, and newly Telehealth. Payments sources that we will commonly see especially in our location is medicare for the elderly population and medicaid for low income. Primary care is our first look at a patient to determine what issues they might be facing which is why I think it is the most important. What do you think is the most common age population that visits the doctors office for primary care? Why do you think they are visiting so often? Thank you, Morgan Wagner