But why would it be any different than it is now? Private insurers give a lot more grief to physicians than Medicare does. Which is a problem, really, there is a fair bit of billing fraud in the Medicare system that they are working to bring down. Many physicians may not like the reimbursement rates provided by Medicare but if anything Medicare should be faulted for being too liberal with the claims it accepts, not the other way around. Private insurance companies are the ones requiring pre-approval for everything under the sun and making doctors jump through hoops to show medical necessity before approving things. All available evidence points to it becoming easier to get treated under new regulations, not harder.
Judah On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I agree that's how it works now, but let's say the Dems buy enough > votes to put in the public option. Doctors on that plan might have to > shave the ten-fifteen minutes off of the routine exam in the future > because the panel said it has no benefit. I'm not saying it's written > in stone, just showing you the signs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:309749 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
