More than half of physicians rate lack of healthcare access as top social issue

Fifty-one percent of physicians view healthcare access as the top social issue of 2022, according to Medscape’s “Physicians Rate Healthcare Access” report. 

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Physicians younger than 45 are slightly more likely to rate healthcare access as a top social issue (56 percent) than physicians 45 and older (50 percent). 

Physicians in the East South Central region are the most likely to rate healthcare access as a top issue (61 percent), while physicians in New England are the least likely (45 percent). 

Forty-eight percent of physicians said a single-payer system mixed with insurance is the best way to provide healthcare in the U.S. 

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