Policy

Let the Medicare physician payment cuts take effect

You know what? I think the AMA should tell Congress to just go ahead and let the Medicare pay cut go into effect. Doctors will, of course, be squeezed further than we already are, and more outpatient practices will shut…

You know what? I think the AMA should tell Congress to just go ahead and let the Medicare pay cut go into effect.

Doctors will, of course, be squeezed further than we already are, and more outpatient practices will shut down or stop accepting new Medicare patients. More hospitals will close, and ER crowding will get worse — maybe causing some of the primary care docs who close their practices to …

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Let the Medicare physician payment cuts take effect