As Newly Insured Seek Care, Rural Doctor Shortage Worsens

The Seattle Times, Free Republic
Mon, 09/01/2014 - 9:37pm

In the shrub steppe of Grand Coulee on the banks of the Columbia River, the town’s two family doctors practice at an unrelenting pace, working on call every other night and every other weekend. In the coastal town of Port Angeles, the doctor shortage is so acute that a clinic is turning away 250 callers a week seeking a physician.

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