Liz is a fiscal specialist, currently working at a large medical institution, and she is the sub-channel steward for the Health Insurance sub-channel (under Personal Finance). She is also a writer, with knowledge on a wide range of topics, from MMORPGs and video game systems to current events in politics and the health care industry. She currently resides in the Seattle area with her husband.

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Health & Fitness > Health Care Does Medicare's crackdown on doctors' profits help or hurt patients?

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After several years working in the medical billing/coding world, my experience is that Medicare's low reimbursement ultimately hurts patients by limiting the number of doctors willing to accept them as patients. Regardless of how we all feel about the relative prices for doctor services, the bottom line is that costs must be met in order for the doctor's office to remain open. If the reimbursement doctors receive from Medicare does not allow them to cover these costs, the result is that the provider will seek to limit the number of Medicare patients in their practice, or simply stop seeing ...

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