Primary Care Shortage Under Spotlight
Aired on WFCR Dec. 4, 2008
Health care reform in Massachusetts has led to a dramatic increase in the number of people with health insurance. But there’s an unintended consequence: A sudden demand for primary care doctors has outpaced the supply.
Kaiser Media Fellow Karen Brown reports.
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To listen to the national version of this story, which aired on NPR’s All Things Considered, November 30, 2008, click here.
Reporter’s Note: One of the people interviewed for this story, Kamela Kristara, has updated me with her health status. She says her neurologist determined she has not had any seizures or strokes.