From U Connecticut: Who should care for the dermatologic needs of the medicaid patient?

lin Dermatol. 2013 Nov-Dec;31(6):769-71. doi: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2013.08.019.

Conundrum: Who should care for the dermatologic needs of the medicaid patient? Facts and controversies.

Kels BD, Grant-Kels JM.

Source

University of Connecticut Health Center.

Abstract

With the impending implementation of Obamacare in the context of a depressed American economy; an unsustainable national deficit and debt; and increasing personal dependency upon government largesse, a perfect storm is developing in the United States. This perfect storm is embodied by the paradox that an expanding population of Title XIX insured patients is increasingly dependent upon a diminishing number of American dermatologists to provide essential dermatologic care. In this context, we discuss whose responsibility it is to care for the dermatologic needs of Title XIX patients.