New Study: 60 Million Americans Lack Access to Basic Medical Care

On Tuesday, March 24, at 9:30 a.m. EDT, health professionals from across the country will share their experiences and discuss a new report on the startling numbers of people struggling without access to basic health care during these tough economic times. The report, Primary Care Access: An Essential Building Block of Health Reform, will reveal that number of “medically disenfranchised” – people without a regular source of preventive and primary health care – grew from 56 million people to 60 million due to a host of factors that include a worsening shortage of primary care doctors in needy communities and a growing scarcity of providers willing to treat the uninsured or publicly insured.

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