Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News
-
Hospitals, a powerful political force in health care, fear lowering the eligibility age for Medicare will cost them billions of dollars because federal reimbursements are less than private insurance. -
Even as Congress moves to expand health insurance coverage to millions of Americans, experts say there won't be enough primary care doctors to meet the expected surge in demand for treatment. One prediction: the shortage of family doctors will reach 40,000 by 2019.
