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By DR. KATHERINE J. ATKINSON

 When I read that the state was mandating insurance companies to cover urgent care centers in Massachusetts, my blood started boiling. The Massachusetts Legislature can force insurance companies to pay for “doc-in-the-boxes” but not for primary care?...

By DR. KATHERINE J. ATKINSON

In 2008, I was interviewed by the New York Times about the dearth of primary care physicians in western Massachusetts [“In Massachusetts, Universal Coverage Strains Care,” NYT, April 5, 2008]. The Times interviewer made me prove my numbers to him when...