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Re: From The AMAFrom: Joe Cutchin (forcep@intercom.net)Fri Feb 21 20:19:09 2003
Dean Huffman wrote: > > . > > I just received this e-mail from the AMA: > > - - - - > > It's official! > > President Bush has signed the Omnibus Appropriations bill (H.J. 2), > authorizing the Department of Health and Human Services to correct the 1998 > and 1999 Medicare physician payment projection errors. > > The American Medical Association, working together with specialty, state > and county medical societies as well as group and academic medical > practices, has secured an important victory in the fight against Medicare > cuts. With your support, we have averted a 4.4% cut in Medicare physician > payments that was scheduled to go into effect on March 1, 2003. As a result > of this legislation, physicians will instead receive a 1.6% increase in > 2003 spending, and baseline spending is now projected to increase $54 > billion over the next 10 years. > > The commitment of our members is critical to the AMA's legislative > victories. Each member who speaks out on issues makes our collective voice > stronger. Your calls to lawmakers, your participation in rallies, your > active grassroots efforts have paid off. > > This victory has given the more than 40 million Americans now enrolled in > the Medicare program-and the millions more who eventually will be-the good > news that their access to care won't be jeopardized by an accounting error. > > Help us win our next fight-medical liability reform. Continue to support > AMA efforts with your membership, encourage others to join, and the AMA > will be stronger than ever. Today, this victory belongs to all of us-most > importantly, to you and your patients. > > Yank D. Coble Jr., MD > President > American Medical Association Thanks Dean.But let me put this victory in perspective.I charged $25 dollars for yearly exam in 1971.If you adjust that for CPI and inflation it now equals $160,cash not charges.We are simply begging.
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Joseph H. Cutchin MD FACOG 4105463125
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