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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (668214)8/19/2012 10:45:14 PM
From: puborectalis  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1583332
 
at our major academic hospital, we get the largest number of patients with Medicare/medicaid rather than private insurers. You wouldn't believe how many patients are capitated for stidies at a site away from their primary physicians



To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (668214)8/19/2012 10:50:20 PM
From: i-node2 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1583332
 
>> And they found a slight drop — a little less than 3 percent in the proportion of doctors taking new Medicare patients between 2005 and 2008

Between '05 and '08? Really?

8 Point drop in two years after Obamacare enacted and BEFORE it goes into effect. Lowest rate of acceptance in history.