Ema
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I thought this was a great piece that captures the frustrations with Medicare...
http://www.anh-usa.org/medicare-pricing-follies/
The Medicare coverage and price schedule is so complex that if you call Medicare for instruction, and ask different personnel, you will get widely varying answers, as documented by a number of studies. But if a physician makes a mistake and bills for something not covered, he or she has committed fraud, punishable by jail. Moreover, one cannot rely on advice from Medicare personnel as a legal defense. It is not surprising that a significant number of doctors, estimated at 15% but much higher in some areas, refuse to treat Medicare patients, and the number is likely to grow rapidly.
http://www.anh-usa.org/medicare-pricing-follies/