Medicare was a lie that the "greatest" generation told itself, abetted by politicians and cowardly doctors. The concept was wrong and could never be sustained - now we witness seniors willing to bankrupt the nation and ruin healthcare so long as they are cared for. Medicare now expects doctors to work at a loss, and CRIMINALLY PROSECUTES THEM!Medicare should, and will die - the sooner the better!
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Perhaps the view of a grim reaper unwelcome by most, though most obviously a time comes of opened doors letting the truth enter. Having past experience in the hospital enviorment working as a Volunteer Liaison left a lasting impression; the call for more spending in the medical fields needs to be forbidden; a need for one of many reforms: the medical field of professionals bastardizing their oaths creating a abominably desolate harlot of their mistress: hospitals and patients.

A range of gross negligence: a elderly patient can enter today's hospitals asymptomatic only to be used as a host of Clostridium Difficile; a subject induced with a battery 'cocktail' of antibotics that are known to not treat but excellerate the growth of C-Diff leading to other bacterium: sepsis; creating a cycle of manageable trends; creating a system managing the infrastructure of medical bills paid through medicare and medicade by taxpayer dollars: exploitation of humans through medical science.

The hospital enviornment can be a place of entry for one having a condition that goes untreated, while another condition is framed and treated by trend management unto death: no more financial aid, terminate.

Stop waisting time trying to figure out why there is a doctor shortage. This country needs more primary care doctors, not specialists. The only way this is going to happen is to increase payment to primary care doctors and decrease payment to specialists.

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It is my belief that the Bush administration is trying to dismantle the Medicare program by having allowed cuts in Medicare payment to physicians to go through this month. While Medicare Part D promoted by the administration explicitly outlaws negotiating lower prices with drug companies, all doctors received a 4.4% cut in Medicare reimbursement. This cut was not negotiated and flew in the face of rapidly rising costs. Indeed, the same federal government that cut reimbursement raised the fee for Drug Enforcement Administration registration (required by most physicians) by 87% last year. In primary medical care, this cut resulted in payments to doctors below the cost of providing care. This fact is well known to the Bush administration. On the other hand, pharmaceutical companies are operating on vast profit margins and huge salaries to their executives. Primary care doctors cannot afford to care for many Medicare patients or they will lose their practices. The entire Medicare program cannot be sustained if seniors cannot get doctors to make them appointments or write them prescriptions.

I don't know why there aren't more Dr's devoted to senior care, perhaps it isn't glamorous or well paying enough as of right now. Blaming it on Medicare reimbursments may be right, but let's face it, how many government run programs are blazing models of success? Can't think of many? Neither can I...
I don't know what the answer is, but as the nation grows older, I am hoping that a bold, new, innovative plan will be brought forth by some geezer that's tired of being treated like a second class citizen. So come on you old coots, put on your thinking caps and save us younger generation's bacon! It's not like you haven't done it before.....

The problem is the Medicare reimbursment for caring for these elderly patients with multiple medical problems is dismal. These are patients who will often take 30 minutes or more to evaluate in the office.