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3. The government has been cutting physician reimbursement rates for years. But still, the average physician

Reply to SorellaLaBefana (Original post)

Fri Nov 15, 2024, 10:41 AM

Nov 15

makes a pretty good living.

Nowadays with bigger medical practices, docs aren't covering for others like they used to have to. Larger hospitals have Hospitalists who handle most patient needs at night.

What's really bad is Medicaid payment rates and the number of physicians who accept Medicaid patients.

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Cutting Medicare to Save It--and this from the Current Administration [View all] SorellaLaBefana Nov 15 OP

I have zero trouble finding doctors gab13by13 Nov 15 #1

Me too SCantiGOP Nov 15 #2

The government has been cutting physician reimbursement rates for years. But still, the average physician Silent Type Nov 15 #3

The better way to cut Medicare costs is to get rid of Advantage programs that cost the government more per person. Lonestarblue Nov 15 #4

Unfortunately, the only significant upgrades to our healthcare finance system since 1990s -- ACA, drug plans, Medicaid Silent Type Nov 15 #5

We are the only (overly)Developed Nation without a functional System of National Health Care SorellaLaBefana Nov 15 #6

I get it, but we'll be sitting here 20 years from debating the same thing with no progress. Silent Type Nov 15 #7