Dania Palanker with her daughter and husband in the front yard of her Washington, DC, home. (Kainaz Amaria/Vox)

During the coronavirus pandemic, America’s primary care practices are struggling financially as patient visits plummet and patients themselves are missing out on vital routine care. Increased telehealth visits have offset some, but not most, of those losses. If the trend continues, private practices are likely to go out of business or be bought by larger companies, reducing health care access.