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What is a Primary Care Physician (PCP) and why is she or he so important?

• A PCP takes care of your health care needs and gets to know you well.
• You may think that you should not see your PCP until you are sick. That is not true.
  • Get to know your PCP even when you are well.
  • Go for yearly checkups to stay healthy. Seeing your PCP for checkups allows problems to be found early.
  • If you need special care, your PCP will help.
• Go to your PCP for checkups, tests and test results, shots and – of course – when you or your child is ill.
  • You do not have to go to the emergency room unless you have something that is so serious that your life is in danger.