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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (741313)	9/24/2013 6:41:18 AM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Recommended By TideGlider Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571084

Why would YOU pay out of your own pocket when you're covered? Something wrong with the coverage? A problem with medicare?

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (741313)	9/24/2013 12:53:10 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1571084

>> That's true but it is an option for doc and patient..... And if you have the bucks and want to go to a particular doc for some reason and he is not in Medicare.....you can simply say you are self insured and pay what it takes..... I think you're confusing "non-participating" with "not accepting Medicare patients". They're two different things. Non-par docs see Medicare patients and have to accept the Medicare fee schedule (although they get a very small boost in the payment schedule), but cannot accept assignment. It makes little sense for docs to do this unless the doc collects the full payment up-front. The numbers of docs who are bailing out of the program altogether are cause for greater concern. These are doctors who have just said, "I'm not dealing with Medicare patients any longer. If they want to see me, they'll pay the full fee, not the Medicare fee schedule, on which I lose money every time I see a patient." The percentage of doctors in this last category has doubled since 2009, and will continue to increase as a result of Obamacare. Medicare patients will be seeing NPs and PAs in the future, not MDs.