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The Northerner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 09:36 AM Original message |
Texas doctors opting out of Medicare at alarming rate |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. Fine -- open up the emigration gate to foreign doctors with the proviso |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 09:42 AM Response to Reply #1 |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 09:43 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. he's claimed that for months -- hasn't happened though, has it? |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 09:46 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Of course not, Texas needs the feds from what I understand /nt |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 09:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. If the payments are below costs, how will this help? |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 10:07 AM Response to Reply #1 |
13. My husband isn't going to drop it but |
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Sgent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 12:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Um... |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 11:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
28. Yes and? I don't get your point.....nt |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
2. I don't know if they have a point or not, however, why aren't other state's doctors "opting" out? |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 09:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. They are...its just not been publicized |
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Sgent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 12:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
22. This article is about texas |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
4. doctors weren't taking "some" new Medicare patients |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 09:45 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. they probably turn away the patients who use Medicare as their primary insurance |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 09:50 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. That is indeed how it is done |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 12:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. Take the ones with supplemtal coverage, refuse the rest |
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Sgent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 12:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. May have to do with existing relationships as well |
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Frustratedlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
11. Did it give the political persuasion of each? |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
12. It's not only Medicare here in Kerrville,TX. Some months ago I |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
14. No surprise |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
15. Those Doctors have to pay for their Mercedes and Porsche vehicles somehow! |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 11:05 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. My doctor doesn't accept it |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 11:20 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Sarcasm. |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 12:11 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. .... |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
16. Greed IMO this is as much a problem with Health Care as any Insurance Company. |
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Kip Humphrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
17. So much for the effects of limited medical liability on affordable healthcare |
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clarence swinney (673 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
25. For How Long |
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LongTomH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
26. Fix the whole Goddam system: Single Payer for All!!!!! |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 04:53 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. That approach is no guarantee that the payment rates will be adequate |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
29. Guess we'll have to take on single payer as soon as we get the gusher stopped up. |
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