This really isn’t about Medicare, but there is some collateral damage there as well.
Big collateral damage is more like it. Try adding in Tricare Life which is Ret. Military over 65, it has DOD MANDATES along with Medicare MANDATES. Both are set fees, test, drugs, docs, hospital stays. Many test were moved from once a year to every 2 yrs, some you need approval now. Some are not covered. More docs are turning away new Medicare patients, some say they don’t take Tricare Life. That is BS if they take Medicare Tricare Life is mandatory as it is the secondary to Medicare and Medicare files it even if the doc doesn’t. If they bill you ignore it and tell them to file Tricare Life.