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Firebrand Gary

(5,044 posts) Tue Jan 1, 2013, 04:53 AM Jan 2013

It seems like both sides regularly agree to this doc fix every time it comes up, why don't they just fix it permanently?

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DU, why is there no permanent Doc fix with the Medicare reimbursement rates? (Original Post) Firebrand Gary Jan 2013 OP

It seems to me Firebrand Gary Jan 2013 #2

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1. if they fix it permanently, it can't be a poker chip in future games. unlike the tax stuff, which

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 05:05 AM

Jan 2013

is now fixed permanently.

so what will we bargain with in the next negotiation?

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2. It seems to me

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 06:37 AM

Jan 2013

That both sides support the higher reimbursement rates? I must be wrong...

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3. what higher reimbursement rates? the last time out, they cut, i believe.

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 06:59 AM

Jan 2013