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Re: Medicare Payments Cuts, Was Blues Paying "Second Procedure"From: Kevin Dew (kdew@bellsouth.net)Sun Mar 17 14:08:29 2002
There was a similar article in the local paper, perhaps it was a syndication, didn’t look. I mentioned to my wife that I’d probably not accept new Medicare patients. She yelled at me for 15 minutes about “abandoning all those poor older people who can’t afford…” I told her that I’d continue to take Medicare so long as she paid her employee 3 hours worth of her hourly rate each week, as essentially that’s what I’d be doing by seeing Medicare patients and losing money on each visit. Groceries don’t give away food to the elderly, they don’t get their cars or gasoline free, they don’t get “free” housing. I’m sorry that some folks don ’t have the wherewhithal to afford medical care. Breaking even is one thing, especially in the days when other carriers paid enough to offset the loss of revenue by Medicare (and even some of the other carriers.) Paying out of my pocket for the privilege is another thing entirely. Kevin
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