The increase in Medicaid reimbursement for primary care providers

(a provision of the Affordable Care Act) was associated with a 7.7 percentage point rise in the availability of new patient appointments without longer wait times, according to a recent study.

Source: "Medicaid "Fee Bump" to Primary Care Doctors Associated with Better Access to Appointments, According to Penn Study," Penn Medicine Press Release, January 22, 2015, http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/news/News_Releases/2015/01/feebump/