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According to Forbes, the HMO business and stocks are sick. Also, we still have President Bush stating he’s still going to veto the Medicare bill that was passed this week, why? The bill is veto-proof, so what’s the point? Let’s just make this difficult situation a little more...
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Update – Video from You Tube regarding the upcoming Medicare issue in Congress. From the American Medical Association Technorati Tags: HR 6331 , Medicare , AMA , physician pay cuts http://youtube.com/watch?v=CPwjz22WlOk
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Update: Tri-Care is also tied to Medicare, which is the plan for civilian members and physicians have a low reimbursement rate here as well, some some civilian members of the military could stand to lose access as well if physicians consider dropping these members as well, around 9 million...
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Amazing how this went on for so long and the living doctors have problems getting items approved. At any rate, new procedures are being activated, perhaps such as moving an ID number and name to the “inactive” listing. This is something a query could have caught in a data base if programmed...
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As Congress returns to session this week the battle goes on regarding the Medicare pay cuts. Who needs the money the worst, the insurance companies or the doctors? My vote goes for the MDs. Why, because this will work a hardship and create access problems for seniors. A couple...
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It has taken a while to boil, but the revolution is slowly starting with not only the AMA wanting answers, but all the citizens of the US, we do need a new plan. Related Articles below from recent posts. BD http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/2008/06/senate-democrats-attack-republicans...
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From Maryland, the physician states 15 years ago he was a wealthy doctor and today he is struggling and now thinking about quitting. Hopefully Congress will try once more to abate the pay cuts, or there may be many more who quit. Most of the MDs I know practice as it is their passion, not...
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Somebody had to step up the plate here, so the deadline is extended to July 15th now. In a related story: from the Center for Medicare Advocacy “One day after the Government Accountability Office reported that private Medicare Advantage plans made $1.14 billion more in profits than they...
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What does the new president of the AMA have to say about the failure to stop the pay cut for doctors, read below. Recently I had published the results of the Gallup poll whereby the confidence in Congress has fallen below the confidence patients have in in HMO, and perhaps this is a contributing...
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The article states this should have been addressed 10 years ago..which is true…but this is today, so we need a plan, a budget, and some new politicians for that sake! If an all over sales tax of a few pennies is needed, then so be it to help finance health care, and get the private insurers profits...