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March 17, 2010
Medicare Pay Cut Reprieve May Do Little To Ease Physicians' Concerns.
The Lincoln Journal-Star (3/3, Andersen) reported that the Senate "approved a one-month delay in a 21 percent Medicare pay cut to physicians," but the "shenanigans of the past few days pushed physician frustration to the point" where the "reprieve may matter little."
In light of "American Medical Association estimates" that indicate the cut "would reduce the average annual pay to Nebraska doctors by $18,000," one "kidney doctor said he must act to shore up his business." What's more, the "longtime decline in what Medicare pays physicians has already begun to affect patients," and "patients could find themselves paying more and having a harder time getting in to see a doctor," accelerating "the program's transformation into an ugly twin of underfunded Medicaid" in Nebraska and elsewhere.
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Physicians worried over Medicare cuts," Mark Anderson, Lincoln Journal Star, March 3, 2010.
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