When a "raise" is actually a pay cut

Reflecting on the last-minute, temporary reprieve on Medicare’s pay cuts:

The constant threat of decreases and the absence of increases in recent years are leading doctors to re-think their commitment to caring for Medicare patients. The question is becoming acute for primary care doctors, who are faring worse than those in other specialties.

Yup.

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