Congress has once again failed to pass a bill to permanently fix Medicare’s payment formula. Enough is enough!
And since the TRICARE health care program that covers these military families is tied directly to Medicare, these cuts will also harm access to health care for them as well as for millions of America’s senior citizens.
The 23 percent Medicare physician payment cuts will impact the doctors who treat Medicare and TRICARE patients, many of whom will find that payments no longer cover the costs for the care they provide. Seniors and military families will pay the price, with fewer doctors and less access to the care they have earned.
Short-term actions are the wrong answer to this long-term problem. These Band-Aid fixes have only served to increase the size of the cuts and the cost of reform. The longer Congress delays, the higher the cost to the American taxpayer, and doctors and their patients are left in limbo.
Enough is Enough!
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