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In reply to the discussion: Would it be so bad if we dropped medicare doc reimbursements by 27% [View all]uppityperson
(115,677 posts)10. Shame doctors into taking less in than they pay out in expenses? You are something.
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Why shouldn't we expect more from our government? Every other civilized country has universal
valerief
Dec 2012
#5
Shame doctors into taking less in than they pay out in expenses? You are something.
uppityperson
Dec 2012
#10
There are a lot more that treat existing Medicare patients, but won't take new ones
Major Nikon
Dec 2012
#36
Yes, it would be because they don't pay enough as it is. Cut the bloated defense budget instead.
uppityperson
Dec 2012
#2
Fewer docs are going into FP because of AMA restrictions and not because they work long hrs and
uppityperson
Dec 2012
#11
No but they influence the number of residency programs that caps the number of doctors.
dkf
Dec 2012
#25
Having worked in clinics and seeing how little medicare reimburses, that is a problem
uppityperson
Dec 2012
#8
Run up huge debt in school, make barely enough to make ends meet is what you demand?
uppityperson
Dec 2012
#19
My best friend is a family doctor and you would be shocked how little she nets
MotherPetrie
Dec 2012
#28
A chest X-Ray has no cost other than the attendent and some electricity
banned from Kos
Dec 2012
#41
I'm in Hawaii where I understand doctor and dentist reimbursements are significantly lower than the
dkf
Dec 2012
#17
Cut the bloated defense budget instead. A fraction of it would solve the problems. Why do you ignore
uppityperson
Dec 2012
#21
Taxes are offset by expenditure, see. First, they pay expenses THEN if they have income
TheKentuckian
Dec 2012
#31