How Bad Is Medicaid?

…30% of office-based physicians do not accept new Medicaid patients, and in some specialties, the rate of nonacceptance is much higher ― for example, 40% in orthopedics, 44% in general internal medicine, 45% in dermatology, and 56% in psychiatry. Physicians practicing in higher-income areas are less likely to accept new Medicaid patients. Physicians who do [...]



via John Goodman's Health Policy Blog http://healthblog.ncpa.org/how-bad-is-medicaid/