Survey finds most Michigan doctors ready to take new patients if Medicaid expands | Michigan Radio

Most Michigan doctors say they are prepared to take on a wave of new patients -- if the state approves an expansion of its Medicaid program.  

Under the Affordable Care Act, nearly 300,000 more people could be added to the state's Medicaid rolls next year.

Marianne Udow-Phillips of the Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation says the nonprofit group surveyed 1,500 Michigan physicians.

 "Overall, 81% of primary care physicians say they're going to expand their practices to take new patients come 2014," Udow-Phillips says.