Survey of Patient Insurance Status on Access to Specialty Foot and Ankle Care Under the Affordable Care Act Chang-Yeon Kim et al Foot & Ankle International March 29, 2016 Quote: Background: The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of insurance type (Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance) on access to foot and ankle surgeons for total ankle arthroplasty. Methods: We called 240 foot and ankle surgeons who performed total ankle arthroplasty in 8 representative states (California, Massachusetts, Ohio, New York, Florida, Georgia, Texas, and North Carolina). The caller requested an appointment for a fictitious patient to be evaluated for a total ankle arthroplasty
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Access to foot surgery under the Affordable Care Act
