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Subcommittee Examines Declining Number of Small Practice Physicians and Whether ObamaCare Accelerates the Trend

Statement

Date: July 19, 2012
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Health and Health Care

The Small Business Subcommittee on Investigations, Oversight and Regulations, under the chairmanship of Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO), held a hearing on the reasons for a changing health care industry that is seeing more doctors leave small practices to join larger medical practices or hospitals.

"It has become expensive and burdensome to run a small medical practice and many doctors are opting for larger health arrangements," said Chairman Coffman. "As Washington considers implementation of the health care law and ways to improve our system, we must be cautious about increasing statutory and regulatory requirements, which can escalate the costs of a private practice. The results can be a decrease in small practices, less access to affordable care, especially in rural regions, and the degradation of the patient-doctor relationship. This hearing provided a great opportunity to hear firsthand from doctors who have been impacted by this trend."

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