Why Universal Health Insurance will not work

8:11 AM Posted by exclusiveMD

Regardless of how many individuals have health insurance, that frankly does not change ACCESS. We have a supply and demand problem in the number of physicians. Insurance does not equal access or care without more physicians to provide this. Massachusetts is the prime example of universal health care with over 97% insured. That sounds wonderful, but how about their wait times of 36-50 days. That is a pretty hefty waiting period for a physician. Many docs in Massachusetts have had to close their doors due to volume, which inherently increased ER visits by 7 percent. We should all take a step back to learn from this before we make more decisions that will likely hurt us more than you think.
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