The impending closure of Anchor Medical Associates means some 25,000 Rhode Islanders will soon be forced to find new doctors. And the state already has a shortage of primary care doctors. As many as 400,000 Rhode Islanders already have no access to primary care. That’s the problem Gov. Dan McKee hopes to alleviate. “We […]
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Rhode Islanders can’t find doctors, and Anchor Medical closure will only make it worse
Since Anchor Medical Associates announced it will close its primary care practice in Rhode Island on June 30 — leaving behind about 25,000 patients, including 7,000 children — doctors’ offices have been swamped with calls. I know, because I’m one of their patients. The Monday after the news broke, I called close to a dozen […]
