The greatest challenge facing healthcare delivery is access to care and providers. Access to care is more frequently not a question of insurance but of distance and convenience. A visit to a clinic or hospital can be very inconvenient and time consuming. Not to mention their might be a long wait at the office. Secondly, recruitment of providers to upstate New York can be very difficult. Young physicians tend to stay in more urban areas.
It should be noted that hospitals are facing large reimbursement cuts that will make financial viability difficult. Saving health care dollars starts with the individual, and it begins with choosing a healthy lifestyle today.
