Doctors Visits Fall During Recession
“The economic recession has kept people with private insurance from visiting the doctor, probably to save money on out-of-pocket costs associated with physician visits, according to a new analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
In the second quarter of 2011, there were 129 million office visits among the privately insured — a 17% decrease from the same time period in 2009, according to Gary Claxton and Larry Levitt, the authors of the analysis.
The number of people with private insurance also dropped during this time as people lost their jobs, and along with their jobs, their health insurance.”
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