Comments on: Mom vs the Medicare Monopoly http://physicianpracticeseminars.com/?p=1693 Managing your medical practice, and your life. Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:18:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: pookiemd http://physicianpracticeseminars.com/?p=1693&cpage=1#comment-4970 pookiemd Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:37:27 +0000 http://physicianpracticeseminars.com/?p=1693#comment-4970 I agree with you that the market would have driven medicare out many years ago. The problem is that we are stuck in between--the government tells physicians what they can charge, but medicine is also a business. It's a hybrid solution that doesn't work. Thanks for your throughtful comments! I agree with you that the market would have driven medicare out many years ago. The problem is that we are stuck in between–the government tells physicians what they can charge, but medicine is also a business. It’s a hybrid solution that doesn’t work. Thanks for your throughtful comments!

]]> By: SM http://physicianpracticeseminars.com/?p=1693&cpage=1#comment-4945 SM Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:18:39 +0000 http://physicianpracticeseminars.com/?p=1693#comment-4945 I would have agreed with you a few years ago. But the reason physician reimbursement has fallen is because society is counting on physicians like you willing to kill themselves out of a sense of civic duty. I applaud these big centers( who have the economic clout to survive) saying no. Its time. Actually if it was a truly market driven system, the center would have declined medicare, refused to submit claims, 10 yrs ago. Individually I agree its inconvenient even tragic, but we have gotten ourselves to such an impasse,. I hope every year that the medicare fixes dont come through, and enough physicians quit medicare, that there will be some real change. I would have agreed with you a few years ago. But the reason physician reimbursement has fallen is because society is counting on physicians like you willing to kill themselves out of a sense of civic duty. I applaud these big centers( who have the economic clout to survive) saying no. Its time.

Actually if it was a truly market driven system, the center would have declined medicare, refused to submit claims, 10 yrs ago.

Individually I agree its inconvenient even tragic, but we have gotten ourselves to such an impasse,. I hope every year that the medicare fixes dont come through, and enough physicians quit medicare, that there will be some real change.

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