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To: Lane3 who wrote (129002)	1/21/2010 7:51:04 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Respond to of 542008

<<<When I was looking for a new primary a few years ago, I was surprised at how many didn't take Medicare. It's not going to get better.>>> I go and see a lot of different doctors - quite a few over the years. I have only run into 2 doctors that didn't accept medicare. In one case, there were circustances that had very little to do with Medicare. But in both cases, the doctors submitted all the paperwork to Medicare and I had to pay them immediately and had to wait for payment from Medicare. In the second case, I stopped seeing the doctor only because of the inconvenience. In the other case, the doctor does not charge me anymore than what Medicare pays.

To: Lane3 who wrote (129002)	1/21/2010 8:49:20 PM
From: Katelew	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542008

Surviving at the expense of someone in an even worse system does not make me feel all warm and fuzzy. Yes. More importantly, it's too simplistic to blithely suggest that Medicaid should be expanded to take in more of the uninsured poor. Somewhat similar is the idea that Medicare should be expanded to take in uninsured 50 year olds. The various levels of reimbursement make both of these ideas rather unfeasible. We just have a crazy patchwork system of coverage and payments in which cost shifting is what holds it all together.