Statistics Show Health Care Woes
Corpus Christi Caller-Times—December 8th, 2011
Alex Winslow, Texas Watch executive director
Insurance interest lobbyist Jon Opelt is crowing about what he deems to be the success of 2003 legal changes that severely restrict the ability of patients to hold negligent doctors accountable when they cause needless injury or even death (“Refuting Texas Watch’s claims”; Dec. 5).
He suggests, as have his brethren in the special interest lobby, that Texas’ supply of physicians is something to boast about.
However, a report just released by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) shows that Texas ranks near the bottom in the number of physicians per capita who are serving our growing state: Texas ranks 46th in the number of active patient care physicians with just 176 per 100,000 population. The median for all states is 215. Texas ranks 48th in the number of active patient primary care physicians with just 62 per 100,000 population. The median for all states is 80.
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