States

By Carl Campanile, New York Post
Good luck finding a doctor under ObamaCare.
New York and most other states already face a shortage of physicians and won’t have enough primary-care MDs to serve the millions of newly insured patients, data reviewed by The Post reveal.
State Health Commissioner Dr. Nirav Shah admitted the shortage presents a “potential for a real crisis” in medically underserved areas when the Affordable Care Act kicks in. He expects a million more New Yorkers to obtain insurance cards.
But whether the cards will provide them access to timely health care is in serious doubt.
“We are short 1,100 primary-care doctors across the state of New York today. Now imagine another million people flooding the system. Where are they going to get primary care?” Shah told the state Minority Health Council. “That is a potential for a real crisis.”
Even an Obama administration official told The Post that the doctor shortage is a serious issue. While the difficulty enrolling for insurance on the federal Web site is a temporary problem, the scramble to find doctors will be a more formidable challenge.