RT Journal
A1 Kuehn BM
T1 Lessons from massachusetts: Cost remains a hurdle for those with public insurance
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2012
FD September 12
VO 308
IS 10
SP 961
OP 962
DO 10.1001/2012.jama.10939
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/2012.jama.10939
AB 
McCormick, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, and his colleagues surveyed 431 patients presenting to the emergency department at Cambridge Hospital in July 2009 and March 2010 (McCormick D et al. J Gen Intern Med. doi: 10.1007/s11606-012 -2173-7 [published online July 24, 2012]). The good news was that patients insured by Medicaid or state-subsidized Commonwealth Care reported having a primary care clinician or other nonemergency source of regular care at about the same rate as those who were privately insured. Uninsured individuals were far less likely to report having a regular care provider. Both groups reported access to preventive care, which does not require any cost sharing. Those with public insurance, however, reported more difficulty finding a physician who would accept their insurance.