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Doctors got higher Medicare payouts. We have to make sure we keep those doctors troughs filled with slop.
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)what i saw about this was really effecting doctors locally. but i am not really up on the issue
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)99Forever
(14,524 posts)fadedrose
(10,044 posts)and some of them that do, aren't the ones that you would like to treat you..they can send you to a specialist tho.
At least with an increase, we'll keep the ones we have now, and maybe get a few more.
Mojorabbit
(16,020 posts)and he and all of the family docs we know are expert wonderful physicians who work the lowest paid rung of the medical profession because they care about taking care of people and families in that setting. They could have easily opted for higher paying specialties. We have a lack of family practice docs because the reimbursement has been so low. Hopefully this will help increase the numbers.
bowens43
(16,064 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)Or even a middle income doctor?
I am a doctor. I have a DMA-Doctor of Musical Arts. really :> I am definitely lower-middle income..
I think it is also a double edged sword. if payments to doctors had been cut, many more of them would either cut medicare/medicaid patients or at least stopped taking more.
Especially primary care physicians. Or as they say in the insurance lobby PCP. arrgh..
My PCP is in what I think is a pretty decent "Medical Group." The bill through Medicare is about $150 for a 20 minute visit -cheaper than my f*****g dentist. BUT, my oncologist, (SPECIALIST) for my last visit, billed my insurance company $580 for about 20 minutes..during which time he didn't even touch me,. In fact he has NEVER touched me. He just looks at numbers on his computer and asks me how I feel. (fortunately, he has a really hot Persian female resident who does the physical exam each time, which includes feeling for swollen lymph nodes, and you know where a couple of those are. .
(Don't worry. I am in remission from being diagnosed with lymphoma.)
At least my PCP gives me a digital rectal prostate exam once each year. Poor guy. --Sorry about including that little tidbit.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)madfloridian
(88,117 posts)Doctors who take Medicare patients do NOT get rich, the payments are not that high to them.
That's propaganda.
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)jwirr
(39,215 posts)MotherPetrie
(3,145 posts)many don't because they essentially make nothing on them.
forestpath
(3,102 posts)basically took them out of the goodness of her heart. She believed strongly in single payer, as do a lot of doctors. If you don't think doctors should be fairly compensated for Medicare patients I hope you have a great insurance plan when you hit 65.