[qaz123]

thanks in part to savings from a cap on rates paid to providers.

So, Medicaid/Medicare also put caps on what providers are paid, correct? Hence the reason that some doctors will not accept patients that are using either program for their care, correct?

Now, the state of Washington is going to offer a plan, where the payout is capped...and...the taxpayer is also, FORCED, to pay into the federal plan which also caps the payout.

Sounds like sound fiscal policy to me. Dare anyone to argue.

The Left is getting more and more insane by the minute.

[entropy12]

I am now on Medicare for 13 years, and when I see how little Medicare pays of the billed amount, I am shocked any doctor’s or hospitals even want to see my face. Recent example: minor surgery in doctors office billed at $2500, Medicare paid $700.