Impeding changes to our Health Care system

[piercehawkeye45]

Originally Posted by classicman

I think those numbers are mileading (yeh me questioning the gov't) The issue is more of how many are accepting NEW patients not just those who participate.

I'm guessing most numbers will be misleading. The government, assuming it is somewhat political, will want to make it seem like a less of a problem while the AARP, and similar groups, will want to exaggerate the data.

But yes, Medicare is going to be a large problem. From almost every article I've read, treating Medicare patients a lot of times results in zero profit. Many doctors are accepting this zero profit because they morally are not going to drop existing patients. Others are dropping patients or at least not accepting new ones. But yet, I don't know if that zero or negative profit are exceptions or across the board.