15% Of Primary Care Doctors Favor Repeal
The post-election survey shows little support among primary care doctors for the Republicans' plans to dismantle the health law, although many physicians want changes in the current law.
Los Angeles Times:
Here's What Primary Care Doctors Really Think About Obamacare
A post-election survey of primary care physicians reveals that majorities of the doctors that first treat most Americans do not support some of the GOP’s most widely circulated plans to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Conducted in December and January and published online Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, the new survey shows that nearly three-quarters of general practitioners favored making changes to the Obama administration’s signature healthcare reform measure. (Healy, 1/25)
In other health law news —
Santa Rosa Press Democrat:
SRJC Affordable Care Act Outreach Was Recognized By Obama
In the past nine years, the number of uninsured students on the Santa Rosa Junior College campus has decreased dramatically, going from nearly a third of students in 2007 to less than 8 percent of them in 2016, something Susan Quinn, director of the college’s student health services, attributes directly to the passage of the Affordable Care Act. “It’s had a profound impact,” she said. Earlier this month, Quinn and SRJC were honored for their enrollment efforts during a ceremony at the White House. (Warren, 1/25)