Medicare used to require that the Dr have a face to face visit with each patient at least once a month. No more.
I expect this will become the norm for all hospital and nursing home medicine under obamacare. Get used to it.
My aunt was a gung-ho Obama supporter, particularly with regard to so-called health care reform. I tried to set her straight early on before the legislation passed and I believe she did understand this wasn’t going to be the utopia Obama and his henchmen promised. My uncle though, a one-time union man, thought I was nuts. He would continue to sing the praises of Obama at every family gathering.
Well now the consequences of this so-called reform are becoming real and personal. Although I’m unhappy that my uncle is not receiving the treatment he should, I’m glad in a way because this is giving him a glimpse into the future of health care, and he doesn’t like it. Perhaps I have converted him. I hope so.