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Dr. Ashenafi Waktola relies on his own experience as a refugee from Ethiopia to shape his practice in Silver Spring, Md. where almost 50 percent of his patients are refugees. The 76,000 new arrivals from troubled countries who come to the U.S. each year qualify for government health care for eight months, but they often face language barriers and a confounding system when that special status elapses.
The growing number of osteopathic doctors could help fill the primary care niche in medically underserved areas.
For years, osteopathic physicians were viewed differently than their medical-doctor counterparts, but this distinction is disappearing.
Dollar-conscious consumers are turning to websites like Groupon for price breaks on medical, dental and vision care.
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