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To: Jim S who wrote (182)	9/6/2006 7:29:26 PM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 10087

It's very confusing. When I first learned about this maybe a dozen years ago, I found it counter-intuitive plus it made me mad. It seems a terrible infringement upon my rights to not be able to pay my doctor her full fee if I want to see that she is adequately compensated for all the time and effort she gives me. Plus I'm concerned about not having access to the doctors of my choice. I spent some time then trying to figure out if I had to sign up for Medicare when the time came but put it aside without a conclusion as something to tend to later. Well, later is here. I know that the federal Blue Cross program will pay the difference between what Medicare pays and what they pay for doctors who take Medicare patients because I have friends who use it. I have to get out the Blue Cross manual to see if I can collect anything from them if I stay with my current doctor. And I may have to in any case if no one else will take me. I understand why Medicare does that. They want to stop doctors from charging Medicare patients the balance. Still, it's a sledge hammer to the problem.