[Jonty30]

I can see the argument coming on how Medicare is expensive, because of overpaid doctors, sure.

[upchuck]

I can see the argument coming on how Medicare is expensive, because of overpaid doctors, sure.

I know nothing about my Doctor's financial situation. But I do know:

• He won't see Medicaid patients as he claims he loses money on them.
• Every time I have an appointment he bitches about the low Medicare reimbursement rates.
• At my last visit he was bitterly complaining that he had to add two more employees just to keep up with the government paperwork and rules and regs

I don't want to make him seem like an ogre. He's not. He's just very frustrated with what has happened to medicine over the last ten years.

And yes, he's thinking about retiring because of the nobamacare mess.

At my last visit he said, "All I want to do is care for and heal people. Why can't the government get out of my way?"

[Rudder]

I can see the argument coming on how Medicare is expensive, because of overpaid doctors, sure.

Before retiring 4-5 yrs ago, I was reimbursed (paid), in my private practice, only one-third of my normal rate. But, because I gave Medicaid patients full service, I was inundated with Medicaid patients. Despite their abundant numbers, their reimbursement handled only the fixed costs of my practice.