claim: says 31 percent of texas physicians accept all new medicaid patients, down from 67 percent in 2000.
author: texas medical association
evidence_1: all statements from texas medical association ... says 31 percent of texas  physicians accept all new medicaid patients, down from 67 percent in 2000.
evidence_2: apr 1, 2013 ... kinney said the results break out to 32 percent of texas physicians saying they ...  told us that some 67 percent of the state's physicians had accepted medicaid at ...  the rates decreased four times from 2000 to 2011, an association ... then again,  32 percent said they accept all new medicaid patients and 26 ...
evidence_3: aug 9, 2012 ... texas physicians are turning their backs on medicaid and medicare in growing  numbers. ... who accept new medicaid patients has dropped to 31 percent, which  is less than half of 67 percent who accepted those patients in 2000. ... 36 percent  said they were unable to accept new medicaid patients.
evidence_4: may 14, 2013 ... medicaid providers make last push for rate hikes ... reimbursement rates for  most providers by 10 to 20 percent, zerwas said. ... in its latest survey, the texas  medical association found only 31 percent of texas doctors were willing to  accept all new medicaid patients in 2012, down from 67 percent in 2000.
evidence_5: nov 20, 2017 ... texas medical association president michael e. speer, md, said ... a recent tma  survey showed that only 31 percent of texas doctors accept new medicaid  patients. ... because the federal government would have picked up 100 percent of  ..... who reported they would take all new medicaid patients in 2000.