Mailbag: Medicaid’s Physician Participation

This week, a reader sent us comments on the reasons behind lower physician participation in Medicaid, as compared with private insurance or Medicare.

In the FactCheck Mailbag, we feature some of the email we receive. Readers can send comments to editor@factcheck.org. Letters may be edited for length.

Doctors Who Don’t Take Medicaid 

I am,” March 29], and I think the main thrust of your response to Rep. Paul Ryan’s and Sec. Tom Price’s comments on the subject was appropriate.