Q&A with Dr. Hallberg: The effects of ACA in the Doctor's office
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The White House has said 8 million people signed up by mid-April for private health insurance through the new exchanges. It's not clear how many of them are newly insured, but primary care providers around the nation are reportedly seeing more patients through the doors as a result of the Affordable Care Act.
Dr. Jon Hallberg, a physician in family medicine at the University of Minnesota and medical director of the Mill City Clinic in Minneapolis came by to discuss how the new health care law is playing out in the doctor's office.
We contacted several other Minnesota health organizations to see if the rising patient volumes in the Fairview system are part of a broader pattern. The responses indicate that, at the moment, those organizations are not sure.
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