That Medicare is some good program

A reader recently commented on what a great deal Medicare is.

One quick google search is all he needed to do to check how well that's going.

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In Washington state, Medicare beneficiaries are finding it increasingly difficult to see a primary care physician or get a referral to a specialist. In a recent poll conducted by the Washington State Medical Association, 57% of physicians surveyed were either limiting Medicare patients or dropping all of their Medicare patients.

Of 194 medical practices representing 325 physicians statewide, almost half--88 practices--said they weren't raking new Medicare patients; 23 practices said they were dropping all Medicare patients, and 83 practices were making no changes. These statistics appeared in the association's report "Washington's Ailing Health Care System: Continued Decline, Guarded Prognosis."

"Increasingly, physicians are being forced to choose between keeping their medical practices financially viable and treating all of the Medicare patients that need their services," the report said.

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Oh yeah that's some real gooooooooood program. We need more of these.