If you live in the rural U.S., you probably face relatively limited access to the wonders of American healthcare. There won’t be as many physicians per capita offering you their services. This paucity of healthcare professionals will be especially stark for subspecialty care. There are not many ENT specialists opening up shops in rural Texas when they can find jobs in Houston or San Antonio.
This undersupply of physicians has long caused medical experts to fret that rural patients receive too little medical care. As a team of researchers pointed out in a recent article in Health Affairs, Medicare has responded by providing a financial incentive to rural healthcare providers, boosting their payment to encourage physicians to locate in such areas…(Read more and view comments at Forbes)
