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Chronic Illness, Disability Mean Medicare Access Problems
The vast majority of Medicare beneficiaries have few difficulties getting routine care from a physician, but certain subsets have higher rates of problems, according to two reports issued this week. Those with higher rates of problems accessing routine care “include beneficiaries with no supplemental insurance or Medicaid, beneficiaries under age 65 living with a permanent disability, beneficiaries in fair and poor health, beneficiaries with four or more chronic conditions, and beneficiaries with lower incomes,” according a Kaiser Family Foundation brief on Medicare patients’ access to physicians...Read More
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