Medicare Assistance Will Soon Be Hard To Get.

[Teacher Mark 53]

The Bush administration’s announcement about the 10 percent fee cut in Medicare payments for doctors managed to cause wide distress throughout the industry. Many doctors stated that if the 10 percent payment reduction will be indeed approved, they will no longer afford to see Medicare’s patients. With the new bill, doctors would end up paying for every patient what would walk through the door instead of being awarded for their work and actually making a profit.

In a study released by the American Medical Association, more than 60 percent of the doctors involved in the poll, declared that they would considerably limit their number of Medicare patients.

The physicians claim that the government decision is not fair, as their practices have several significant monthly expenses such as health insurance for their employees, electricity and technical updates.

Even though the cut was scheduled to take eeffect on July 1, the government decided on a two week extension period, in order to solve the reimbursement dispute.

Medicare is a US government administered social insurance program, which provides health care coverage for people over 65 years old or others who meet certain criteria. The system works through a rather simple process: Medicare pays for the treatment received by the patient, who can go any hospital or doctor that agrees to Medicare’s activity.

The system still demands a lot of work, as there are many people who do not know exactly what they need when it comes to their health issues and the medical plans for treatments do not make it any easier.

http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Medicare_As..._Get_19954.html

[peejay 327]

Groovy...they can just show up at the emergency room along with the masses of illegal aliens. Problem solved! The US taxpayer can always dig a little deeper to make sure everyone in the world is taken care of. Right?

Edited July 7, 2008 by peejay

[Ban Hammer 13,656]

Groovy...they can just show up at the emergency room along with the masses of illegal aliens. Problem solved! The US taxpayer can always dig a little deeper to make sure everyone in the world is taken care of. Right?

[Teacher Mark 53]

Groovy...they can just show up at the emergency room along with the masses of illegal aliens. Problem solved! The US taxpayer can always dig a little deeper to make sure everyone in the world is taken care of. Right?

Equating Medicare Reform with Illegal Immigration? Double talk, alive and well in 2008.

Why not help out the Senior Citizens that need the assistance? We seem to have plenty of money to wage war all over the globe.

[Dan J 277]

The Bush administration's announcement about the 10 percent fee cut in Medicare payments for doctors managed to cause wide distress throughout the industry. Many doctors stated that if the 10 percent payment reduction will be indeed approved, they will no longer afford to see Medicare's patients. With the new bill, doctors would end up paying for every patient what would walk through the door instead of being awarded for their work and actually making a profit.

In a study released by the American Medical Association, more than 60 percent of the doctors involved in the poll, declared that they would considerably limit their number of Medicare patients.

The physicians claim that the government decision is not fair, as their practices have several significant monthly expenses such as health insurance for their employees, electricity and technical updates.

Even though the cut was scheduled to take eeffect on July 1, the government decided on a two week extension period, in order to solve the reimbursement dispute.

Medicare is a US government administered social insurance program, which provides health care coverage for people over 65 years old or others who meet certain criteria. The system works through a rather simple process: Medicare pays for the treatment received by the patient, who can go any hospital or doctor that agrees to Medicare's activity.

The system still demands a lot of work, as there are many people who do not know exactly what they need when it comes to their health issues and the medical plans for treatments do not make it any easier.

http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Medicare_As..._Get_19954.html

Ironically, if you have medical insurance, it will likely push the rates up.

Nothing is stopping people from going in the emergency room, getting the care they need, and then never paying the bill. That care does still get paid for however, by those with insurance.