For the study, researchers from the National Center for Health Statistics analyzed seven years of federal survey data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey.
The HHS report also cites data from the Medicare Payment Advisory Committee report, according to which 77 percent of Medicare beneficiaries reported they never experienced an unwanted delay in getting an appointment in 2012, as compared to 72 percent of privately insured people who reported the same. Additionally, in 2012, only 8 percent of Medicare beneficiaries reported forgoing needed medical care compared to 11 percent of those with private insurance who did not access the care they needed in the same year.
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