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Old 10-25-2023, 06:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Blueblaze View Post
It's crazy! You'd think every doctor in the country would want to work in a town where both the average age and the average annual temperature is 72! Why is this so hard?
Medicare pays the least to medical providers (physicians, hospitals, etc.) compared to private health insurance companies. On average, good physicians can make more money for the same effort other places with warm temperatures.

If you want to get into the Medicare financial weeds, read this:

https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/202...cal-prices.pdf