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Tuesday, January 18, 2005
Me? I specialize in extortion
Panel Urges Smaller Medicare Increases:
But Dr. John Nelson, president of the American Medical Association, welcomed the recommendations for a payment increase for doctors, saying in a statement they will "help physicians continue to treat Medicare patients."
Doctors have to be intelligent and hard working people. Intelligent, hard-working people deserve financial rewards for their labor. Still, I'm tired of the extortionists threatening to withhold medical care if they aren't paid enough.
He said that under current formulas the Medicare trustees have predicted payment cuts of 31 percent over the next eight years, when the costs of running a practice will go up 19 percent. "If the flawed formula is not replaced, physicians may have to make hard choices about treating new Medicare patients," he said.
