PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Alpert, Jordan M.
AU  - Hurwitz, Heather McKee
AU  - Rothberg, Michael B.
TI  - The One Taboo Question
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.2023.230478R1
DP  - 2025 Jan 30
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
PG  - jabfm.2023.230478R1
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/early/2025/01/30/jabfm.2023.230478R1.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/early/2025/01/30/jabfm.2023.230478R1.full
AB  - Income is an important social determinant of health, yet it is rarely discussed among patients and clinicians. Discussing income could open the door to addressing issues like high deductibles, prescription costs, copays, housing expenses, and medical debt. We identify ways to overcome obstacles to talking about this taboo subject.