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Access problems loom for Obamacare

By Philip Klein
Published January 17, 2014 5:00am ET
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Access problems loom for Obamacare
A study by the National Center for Health Statistics, published in 2012 by Health Affairs, found that 31 percent of doctors were not accepting Medicaid patients in 2011, though the numbers varied by state.

President Obama’s health care law aims to expand insurance coverage to 25 million Americans by 2016. But expanding health insurance isn’t necessarily the same thing as increasing access.

As the major provisions of the health care law go into effect in 2014, several elements threaten to limit Americans’ access to care.

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