Physician groups are arguing that patients will have greater difficulty finding doctors who accept Medicare if lawmakers allow the pay cuts to happen.
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“Despite overwhelming bipartisan, bicameral support to stop the full Medicare physician payment cut,” the Surgical Care Coalition, an organization representing surgeons and anesthesiologists, said in a statement, “Congress failed once again to end the cycle of harmful Medicare cuts, showing a disregard for vulnerable seniors.
Despite concerns about ballooning government spending, doctors have been successful for years in delaying or softening proposed pay cuts, arguing that there would beThe American Medical Association, the professional organization that represents and lobbies on behalf of physicians, has spent more than $460 million on lobbying since 1998, more than almost any other organization,Since the early 2000s, Congress has voted every year or two to delay or reverse plans to reduce Medicare payments to...
“Running our businesses is more expensive than it was,” said Dr. Loralie Ma, a radiologist in the Baltimore suburbs, citing rising costs for expenses ranging from gauze and surgical tubing to salaries for office staff. “It’s very hard, and when Medicare does something like this, it decreases access, specifically for seniors.”
An agency that advises Congress on Medicare matters has expressed concern about certain Medicare payments for primary care and has reported that, from 2015 to 2020, the number of primary care physicians treating Medicare beneficiaries dropped from 2.8 to 2.4 per 1,000 beneficiaries.
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