Military medics and corpsmen could help fill the shortage of primary care providers
Letting experienced military medics and corpsmen deliver primary care without extensive extra training could ease the shortage of primary care providers.
For more than a century, the United States military has relied on enlisted health care providers — primarily medics and corpsmen — to provide lifesaving care to sick and wounded service members aboard ships, on distant airfields, and on battlefields. When these skilled and dedicated individuals leave the military, there are no comparable jobs for them in the civilian world. That’s a shame — they could play vital roles in filling the shortage of primary care providers that now exists and will only get worse.
The branches of our armed services have different
