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Old 02-01-2015, 10:16 AM
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Indeed abuse by Florida doctors will hurt seniors for many reasons. It appears from the articles posted here these docs are motivated by greed.

However the other side of the story could mean that perhaps some of these tests were indeed necessary? I am all for dealing with the fraud abuse

However, medicare fees have been continually reduced across the board. Now we have the government with a plan to refuse payment to medical providers based on quality of results that they (government) admits they can't define. All this means is that many hospitals and docs will forego necessary treatment regimes.

Many doctors are beginning to refuse medicare patients because they can't afford to meet the government demands and patients more and more are getting caught up in the middle of it

What I am trying to explain is that thee are two sides to the same story