Texas Doctors Leaving Medicare in Droves
Posted on 20. May, 2010 in News Stories
At an alarming rate, hundreds of doctors in Texas have stopped accepting Medicare. In a survey conducted by the Texas Medical Association, 62 percent of primary care physicians said that they were no longer accepting medicare patients.
President of the association, Dr. Susan Baily, said, “This new data shows the Medicare system is beginning to implode.”
So what’s happening? There is a looming 21 percent cut in Medicare reimbursement set to begin June 1 this year.
Read more at: Houston Chronicle.
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Spanky McShee
May 25th, 2010
Texans seem to always do things in a big way lol!