Posted on 10/20/2010 8:43:24 AM PDT by MindBender26
In order to get the AMA's support for Obamacare, our Prezdet promised the physicians that he would not cut Medicare reimbursements to doctors by the planned 20%.
Obama is keeping his word.
He is not cutting Medicare reimbursements to doctors by 20%
He is cutting them 30%!
Doctors are furious.
He is the "PC" email the AMA just sent to all members.
"On June 24, 2010, Congress passed a six-month Medicare patch providing a 2.2 percent positive update and a temporary reprieve for seniors and the physicians who care for them. In December, without action by Congress, the Medicare physician payment cut will be a whopping 23 percent, increasing to nearly 30 percent in January 2011.
With baby boomers beginning to enter into Medicare in just six months, the physician payment problem must be addressed or these new Medicare patients won’t be able to find a doctor to treat them. Congress must act to replace the broken physician payment system before the cost to fix it grows even larger. Call your members of Congress at (800) 833-6354 and demand they fix the problem once and for all."
Doctors are pizzed. There is even a talk of a strike!
Now move along... nothing to see here.
Is there a link for this article. I would like to show it to someone. Thanks
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Well, they should refuse to treat Democrats...they’re easy enough to spot...
No wonder my doctor was cussing Obama this week.
Seriously, if you’re on Medicare (and I am) you may have a hard time finding a doctor.
I always thought groups of doctors (AMA) were way too smart to be useful idiots?
The vast majority of doctors are NOT members of the AMA.
I have to stop asking “can it get any worse?” I keep getting the same answer.....yes!!
Do we have to wait until 2012 to replace this (pick one) liar, thief, dope, idiot...
Nice job, AMA. Act as relentless shills for the Democratic Party for thirty years and what does it get you?
Doc,
Take two absentee ballots and call me in the morning!
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You (bleeped) up! You trusted us.
End scene...cut, print!
My doctor just made the decision to transfer all Medicare patients to the hospital doctors. He is no longer seeing them. He is also about a pubic hair away from not taking any HMO insurance patients, either. They are costing him far too much on the administration side and the HMOs are paying less and less and arguing more and more. I have a PPO and can private pay as well. I think private pay PPO is the direction he is heading. Private pay office visits and PPO major medical. Doctors are waking up to the idea that insurance companies and the government have lost their value.
“The vast majority of doctors are NOT members of the AMA.”
As far as the number is seems less than 20% are AMA members, and for good reason. The AMA is nothing but a bunch of liberals.
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