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In reply to the discussion: On January 1st doctors treating Medicare patients will get a 30% cut..."fiscal cliff". [View all]Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)38. That's already been a huge issue in Anchorage
where very, very few family practice doctors will take new Medicare patients and some doctors even drop their existing patients when they turn 65. It got so bad that a couple of doctors got together and opened two clinics specifically for Medicare patients.
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On January 1st doctors treating Medicare patients will get a 30% cut..."fiscal cliff". [View all]
madfloridian
Dec 2012
OP
Lawmakers have been trying to address health care costs for years but then never have the fortitude
dkf
Dec 2012
#1
I added the poverty numbers to my post. It also shows the elderly are the most prioritized demo.
dkf
Dec 2012
#9
They have stopped it just in time for years. This year, I don't know about that.
madfloridian
Dec 2012
#4
Many drs will stop taking Medicare patients. People in small cities, towns, rural...
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#14
Interesting. I was wondering if that would happen. Didn't the economic wizards who cut the benefits
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#41
Isn't Plouffe just such a douche canoe? Here's another main driver of the deficit:
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#16