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Most Bay State docs aren’t taking new patients

More than half of primary care physicians in Massachusetts are no longer accepting new patients, and more patients than ever are facing lengthy wait times to see

By Kathryn Mayer | Updated on July 01, 2011

More than half of primary care physicians in Massachusetts are no longer accepting new patients, and more patients than ever are facing lengthy wait times to see both primary care and specialty doctors, according to a new report. Despite being the state that was ahead of the game on health care reform when then-Gov. Mitt Romney passed the universal health care law in 2006, a report released by the Massachusetts Medical Society shows critical statistics of health care in the state are worrying doctors.

“Massachusetts has made great strides in securing insurance coverage for its citizens,” says Dr. Alice Coombs, president of the Massachusetts Medical Society. “But insurance coverage doesn’t equal access to care. We still have much work to do to reduce wait times and widen access.

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