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Healthcare reform is already presenting new challenges and opportunities for endocrinology, a specialty that is under significant stress in the United States. A critical workforce shortage has drained the pool of practicing endocrinologists, just as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is expected to send millions of newly insured people into the system.
If patients need specialty endocrine care, some experts predict that they will face lengthy waits. "Patients may be able to gain access to an insurance card, but not necessarily access to a physician," says Jonathan D. Leffert, MD, an endocrinologist in private practice in Dallas, Texas, and secretary of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists.[1]
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/817743_1
Healthcare reform is already presenting new challenges and opportunities for endocrinology, a specialty that is under significant stress in the United States. A critical workforce shortage has drained the pool of practicing endocrinologists, just as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is expected to send millions of newly insured people into the system.
If patients need specialty endocrine care, some experts predict that they will face lengthy waits. "Patients may be able to gain access to an insurance card, but not necessarily access to a physician," says Jonathan D. Leffert, MD, an endocrinologist in private practice in Dallas, Texas, and secretary of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists.[1]
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/817743_1