Medicare Patients May Lose Their Doctors Under Sequestration

The latest budgetary shenanigans in Washington threaten Medicare. The sequester, a fiscal death-pact entered into by Congress and the President, will hit health care professionals right in the pocketbook, and the pain will likely be shared with patients. American Medical News reports that Medicare cuts make up 12 percent of the sequester, and these cuts include a 2 percent cut in doctors’ pay which kicks in April 1. The real-life effect of these cuts will hit primary care doctors and their elderly patients the hardest. If caring for Medicare patients is too costly, doctors will simply opt out and care…

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