http://www.aapsonline.org/newsoftheday/00789 from the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:47:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.aapsonline.org/newsoftheday/00789#comment-3998 jane Hughes, M.D. Sun, 24 Jan 2010 05:00:53 +0000 http://www.aapsonline.org/newsoftheday/?p=789#comment-3998 Dear colleagues, The day that physician organizations and private physicians agreed that the government (Medicare) could dictate what we CHARGED for our services instead of what they would pay was the beginning of the end. We now have a chance to reverse that as the cuts coming down the pike are not compatible with sustaining a viable practice. We have been failed by the leadership of most of our specialty organizations. They have been busy groveling for their piece of the government pie while abandoning core principles of what is best for physicians and patients. Go to my website for a plan that outlines private sector solutions that could be the starting point for individual state pilot programs. (www.usaHealthalert.org) If insurance was portable across state lines then truly innovative and successful programs would be duplicated. It would take physician, patient, insurance, and pharmaceutical re-education and thinking outside the box. Best regards, Jane Hughes, M.D., San Antonio, Texas Dear colleagues,
The day that physician organizations and private physicians agreed that the government (Medicare) could dictate what we CHARGED for our services instead of what they would pay was the beginning of the end. We now have a chance to reverse that as the cuts coming down the pike are not compatible with sustaining a viable practice.
We have been failed by the leadership of most of our specialty organizations. They have been busy groveling for their piece of the government pie while abandoning core principles of what is best for physicians and patients.
Go to my website for a plan that outlines private sector solutions that could be the starting point for individual state pilot programs. (www.usaHealthalert.org) If insurance was portable across state lines then truly innovative and successful programs would be duplicated. It would take physician, patient, insurance, and pharmaceutical re-education and thinking outside the box.
Best regards,
Jane Hughes, M.D., San Antonio, Texas

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