{
  "id": 4053706,
  "title": "Why America faces a primary care shortage – and why it matters",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/why-america-faces-a-primary-care-shortage-and-why-it-matters",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-28T23:00:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PBS NewsHour Science",
    "slug": "pbs-newshour-science",
    "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/video/horizons/2026/08/why-america-faces-a-primary-care-shortage-and-why-it-matters"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "There's a critical need for primary care physicians across America, but a shortage of doctors and rising insurance costs are forcing people to forgo preventive care altogether. Americans die of preventable, treatable diseases at far higher rates than people who live in other similar nations. Horizons moderator William Brangham explores possible solutions with Dr. Lucy McBride and Renuka Rayasam.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour Science",
        "title": "Why America faces a primary care shortage – and why it matters",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/why-america-faces-a-primary-care-shortage-and-why-it-matters-4053707",
        "published": "2026-08-28T23:00:10.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}