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To the Editor: In his Health Policy Report on physician supply, Iglehart (April 17 issue)¹ focuses on a result of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) 2006 survey of Medicare beneficiaries: among a small percentage of beneficiaries who were seeking a new specialist, more of them had a problem finding one in 2006 than in 2004. This finding must be considered in context. Each year, beneficiaries who respond to our survey report having better access to specialists than to primary care physicians. That was the result again in 2007, when 85% of those seeking a new specialist reported having had . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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