81 percent of Michigan docs willing to serve Medicaid patients

81 percent of Michigan docs willing to serve Medicaid patients

Survey results released today by CHRT, in partnership with the Child Health Evaluation and Research Unit (CHEAR) at the University of Michigan, show that Michigan primary care physicians will continue accepting new patients—including Medicaid recipients—as the state’s insured population grows under health care reform. Results of the statewide survey reveal that a majority (81 percent) of Michigan primary care physicians anticipate being able to accommodate patients who become newly insured in 2014, when health insurance coverage expands significantly under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). Of those physicians, nearly all indicated that they would accept newly eligible Medicaid patients. Primary care physicians surveyed included family physicians, internal medicine practitioners, and pediatricians.