Fierce Healthcare January 28, 2020
Robert King

The number of people unable to see a physician due to cost has gone up in recent years despite coverage gains from the Affordable Care Act, a new study found.

The study published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association looked at changes in unmet needs for physician services ranging from 1998 to 2017 among insured and uninsured adults.

Researchers looked at a survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on behavioral risk factors from 1998 to 2017. During this period, the uninsured rate declined by 2.1 percentage points from 16.9% to 14.8%.

However, the proportion of people unable to see a physician due to cost increased by 2.7 percentage points, from 11.4% to 15.7%.

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Topics: ACA (Affordable Care Act), CMS, Govt Agencies, Insurance, Patient / Consumer, Payer, Provider, Public Exchange
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