Doctors are most likely to reject Medicaid patients more than any health care consumer, a new survey published in Health Affairs finds.
More than three in 10 doctors—31 percent—say they wouldn't accept new Medicaid patients.
It could spell trouble for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which aims to expand Medicaid. The number of those patients may increase by as many as 16 million due to health reform.
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