Comments on: The Medicare cuts are looming http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/05/medicare-cuts-are-looming.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/05/medicare-cuts-are-looming.html#comment-85589 Anonymous Tue, 13 May 2008 23:38:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/05/the-medicare-cuts-are-looming.html#comment-85589 Will Atlas shrug? Probably not. Will Atlas shrug? Probably not.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/05/medicare-cuts-are-looming.html#comment-85569 Anonymous Tue, 13 May 2008 09:26:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/05/the-medicare-cuts-are-looming.html#comment-85569 Yet another case against universal health care. The bureaucrats and legislators don't have a clue. <br/><br/>The first change should be to increase - yes increase - the reimbursement for primary care physicians and decrease the reimbursement for specialists. It can be done in a manner that will have no appreciable effect on the lifestyle of those specialist docs. <br/>It may offend the ego and greed of some, but that's part of the reason we are in the mess we are in today. <br/><br/>This must them be accompanied by a serious attempt at decreasing overuse, fraud and abuse. A fairly easy task if approached with common sense.<br/><br/>Put health care back in the hands of real doctors, take the lawyers out of the system and reward prevention and management instead of treatment. Yet another case against universal health care. The bureaucrats and legislators don’t have a clue.

The first change should be to increase – yes increase – the reimbursement for primary care physicians and decrease the reimbursement for specialists. It can be done in a manner that will have no appreciable effect on the lifestyle of those specialist docs.
It may offend the ego and greed of some, but that’s part of the reason we are in the mess we are in today.

This must them be accompanied by a serious attempt at decreasing overuse, fraud and abuse. A fairly easy task if approached with common sense.

Put health care back in the hands of real doctors, take the lawyers out of the system and reward prevention and management instead of treatment.

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