Patients suffer when healthcare stocks rise

Abstract

Two useful metrics of access to health care are wait time to see a primary physician and the percentage of physicians willing to accept Medicaid patients. In 2018, 74.8 million Americans were enrolled in Medicaid. People who have no regular primary doctor–whether the patient is privately insured, covered by Medicaid, or uninsured–tend to forego routine or preventative care and depend on Emergency rooms for care [2].