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Rich66 · 08-16-2009, 01:02 AM

Currently proposed reductions in care reimbursements to docs and facilities for medicare patients could influence seniors' care. I have been heavily involved in my parents' Medicare navigations and am familiar with the reimbursement rates as they appear on the bills. I have met doctors who have specialized in elder predominated areas that got out of practice because medicare reimbursement wasn't worth their continuing. That was before the proposed cuts. I contend that our current level of services exist because there is a mix of higher private insurance reimbursements that help subsidize Medicare services. When folks say we should have "Medicare for all", I wonder who will be around to deliver it.

08-16-2009, 01:02 AM	#4
Rich66 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: South East Wisconsin Posts: 3,431	Re: House bill would make health care a 'right, responsibility' Currently proposed reductions in care reimbursements to docs and facilities for medicare patients could influence seniors' care. I have been heavily involved in my parents' Medicare navigations and am familiar with the reimbursement rates as they appear on the bills. I have met doctors who have specialized in elder predominated areas that got out of practice because medicare reimbursement wasn't worth their continuing. That was before the proposed cuts. I contend that our current level of services exist because there is a mix of higher private insurance reimbursements that help subsidize Medicare services. When folks say we should have "Medicare for all", I wonder who will be around to deliver it.