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Medicare
Physicians turning away new medicare patients jumps 28%
September 9th, 2002
A new study indicates that the number of family physicians who are no longer taking new Medicare patients is 28% higher than 1 year ago. The annual survey of its members by the American Academy of Family Physicians finds that 21.7% of physicians surveyed in June 2002, report that they can no longer take new Medicare patients, a significant increase from last year's figure of 17%. The survey was administered to a random selection of 4,400 AAFP members who are active in patient care, and includes data from 1664 respondents. "For America's seniors, this is a massive healthcare crisis in the making," said Warren Jones, MD, AAFP President. "I've talked...
Source: Health & Medicine Week (2002-09-09)
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