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Tag Archives: medicare
Medicare veto override a triumph for single-payer advocates, Krugman writes
Ostensibly, the vote was against pay cuts for doctors. But it was really about “creeping privatization of Medicare,” writes left-wing columnist Paul Krugman. Krugman blames Medicare deficits on the Medicare Modernization Act. Not Part D, but Medicare Advantage private fee-for-service … Continue reading
Posted in medicare, single payer health care
Tagged Krugman, LaGrelius, medicare, Medicare Pay Cut
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Medicare fee cut threatened again; AMA to fight for balance billing
In what has become an annual ritual, Medicare announces a cut in physicians’ fees, and physicians threaten that patients will lose access to care. And this time they really mean it. An average 10.1% fee cut was slated to take … Continue reading
