As a WI physician, I have been telling my Medicare patients of the 716 B cut to Medicare. And if that POS is reelected, I’m dropping Medicare.
“And if that POS is reelected, I’m dropping Medicare.”
That might work for some physicians, for a while but when almost everybody is forced to be on medicare/medicaid or something replacing both but still government operated there won’t be enough people not on that program to keep principled physicians, such as yourself, in business.
For older physicians they may opt to retire and I believe that many of them will do just that. At 28, I’m just starting my medical career and the future is bleak.
Furthermore, I sincerely doubt that the direction this is going, of who pays what, is bleak at best, no matter who wins this next election. I don’t trust that Romney would change one darn thing and I know without a doubt that the only changes Obama might consider would only make things worse - if that’s even possible.