Re: Legislators scramble to prevent Medicare cuts
From: FRANCES WREN (fwren@shaw.ca)
Fri Mar 21 10:14:12 2008
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although we have our health care difficulties I am really glad that we have a kind of universal health care..it could certainly do with improvements...and things like "op waiting list "speeding up..
frances wrenMD
>----- Original Message -----
From: evsono@pipeline.com (art fougner, md)
Date: Friday, March 21, 2008 7:43 am
Subject: Re: Legislators scramble to prevent Medicare cuts
To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L <ob-gyn-l@mail.obgyn.net>
> Greetings, Professor Falken! LOL
>
> Cheers
>
> Art
>
> At Thu, 20 Mar 2008, Meenan, Anna wrote:
> >
> >The line is "The only winning move is not to play."
> >
> >Anna Meenan, MD
> >
> >>"The only way to win is not to play."
> >>Joshua aka WOPR
> >>"War Games"
> >>
> >>Art
> >>
> >>At Thu, 20 Mar 2008, GIN11153@aol.com wrote:
> >>>
> >>>Here we go again. With the July 1 cut to Medicare
> payments on the horizon,
> >>>several Senators are introducing legislation to spare
> physicians the 10% fee
> >>>reduction. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) is pushing
> the Save
> >>>Medicare Act of
> >>>2008 (_S.2785_ (http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-
> bin/bdquery/z?d110:s.02785:) ),
> >>>which would postpone the cuts through 2009. On the
> other side of the aisle,
> >>>Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) is sponsoring the Ensuring
> the Future Physician
> >>>Workforce Act of 2008 (_S.2729_
> >>>(http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:s.02729:) ), which
> >>>includes more ambitious reforms, such as getting rid of the
> >>>Medicare spending cap. Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) says
> he's also working on a
> >>>solution
> >>>
> >>>_http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/content/207964/topic/WS_HLM2_PHY/Senator-Re
> >>>form-starts-by-changing-the-way-we-pay-physicians.html_
> >>>(http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/content/207964/topic/WS_HLM2_PHY/Senator-Reform-starts-by-changin
> >>>g-the-way-we-pay-physicians.html)
> >>
> >>--
> >>art fougner, md
> >>"May The Wings of Liberty Never Lose a Feather." - Jack Burton
>
> --
> art fougner, md
> "May The Wings of Liberty Never Lose a Feather." - Jack Burton
>
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<DIV>although we have our health care difficulties I am really glad that we have a kind of universal health care..it could certainly do with improvements...and things like "op waiting list "speeding up..</DIV>
><DIV>frances wrenMD<BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: evsono@pipeline.com (art fougner, md)<BR>Date: Friday, March 21, 2008 7:43 am<BR>Subject: Re: Legislators scramble to prevent Medicare cuts<BR>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L <ob-gyn-l@mail.obgyn.net><BR><BR>> Greetings, Professor Falken! LOL<BR>> <BR>> Cheers<BR>> <BR>> Art<BR>> <BR>> At Thu, 20 Mar 2008, Meenan, Anna wrote:<BR>> ><BR>> >The line is "The only winning move is not to play."<BR>> ><BR>> >Anna Meenan, MD<BR>> ><BR>> >>"The only way to win is not to play."<BR>> >>Joshua aka WOPR<BR>> >>"War Games"<BR>> >><BR>> >>Art<BR>> >><BR>> >>At Thu, 20 Mar 2008, GIN11153@aol.com wrote:<BR>> >>><BR>> >>>Here we go again. With the July 1 cut to Medicare <BR>> payments on the horizon,<BR>> >>>several Senators are introducin
g legislation to spare <BR>> physicians the 10% fee<BR>> >>>reduction. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) is pushing <BR>> the Save<BR>> >>>Medicare Act of<BR>> >>>2008 (_S.2785_ (http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-<BR>> bin/bdquery/z?d110:s.02785:) ),<BR>> >>>which would postpone the cuts through 2009. On the <BR>> other side of the aisle,<BR>> >>>Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) is sponsoring the Ensuring <BR>> the Future Physician<BR>> >>>Workforce Act of 2008 (_S.2729_<BR>> >>>(http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:s.02729:) ), which<BR>> >>>includes more ambitious reforms, such as getting rid of the<BR>> >>>Medicare spending cap. Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) says <BR>> he's also working on a<BR>> >>>solution<BR>> >>><BR>> >>>_http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/content/207964/topic/WS_HLM2_PHY/Senator-Re<BR>> >
>>form-starts-by-changing-the-way-we-pay-physicians.html_<BR>> >>>(http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/content/207964/topic/WS_HLM2_PHY/Senator-Reform-starts-by-changin<BR>> >>>g-the-way-we-pay-physicians.html)<BR>> >><BR>> >>--<BR>> >>art fougner, md<BR>> >>"May The Wings of Liberty Never Lose a Feather." - Jack Burton<BR>> <BR>> --<BR>> art fougner, md<BR>> "May The Wings of Liberty Never Lose a Feather." - Jack Burton<BR>> </DIV>
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