How important is nutrition in medical school?

Low Medicaid reimbursement rates force physicians to increase patient throughput, which prevents them from having enough time to investigate the root causes of a patient's health issues.

In Maryland, it was difficult for patients covered by Medicaid to get an appointment with a nutritionist at a clinic where a medical student was working.

A large portion of the patient population at Bellevue Hospital, a public safety net hospital in New York City, is either uninsured or covered by Medicaid.

The Medicaid program in Minnesota is considered one of the more generous in the United States.

At a VA facility in Minnesota, clinical experience showed that nearly every patient with chronic pain unresponsive to opioids had a history of significant trauma.

An attending physician at a VA hospital in Minnesota had a maximum patient caseload of 8 to 10, which is believed to be lower than the norm for attendings in cities like New York or Washington D.C.