Obama care has hardly started.
These are probably Medicare cuts.
The article is pretty vague about how the sequester is going to lead to reduced reimbursements.
I don’t want to sound cold, but we cannot pay for everything. And because we have been trying to, a lot of people will die. Not because of civil unrest, but because they will get sick.
I know we can’t pay for everything and I agree with you, but from a simplistic point of view if the gov’t has money to pay for abortions and were consider paying for sex changes then why cut down on cancer treatments first? It’s like the model in UK that rec’d new boobs for free while patients in the hospital aren’t getting enough to eat.
All part B medicare payments to physicians are now cut 2% for dates of service this month onward. And that is NOT a cut in a scheduled increase; it's a real cut. It wouldn't matter if there weren't price controls on serving medicare patients.