Medicare Doctors Fed Up with Washington
December 22, 2011 - By By Parija Kavilanz @CNNMoney December 22, 2011: 9:11 AM ETNEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The payroll tax impasse in Congress has put Medicare doctors on edge over the likelihood that their pay could be slashed 27.4% in two weeks time.
Under current law, health care providers to the nation's 45 million Medicare beneficiaries -- including physicians, nurse practitioners, physical therapists and podiatrists -- face reduced government reimbursement payments on Jan. 1.
But the payroll tax cut bill also includes a "patch" that would have prevented the Medicare payment cuts from occurring in the New Year.
The problem is that the bill, passed by the Senate, has been rejected by the House -- and both chambers of Congress, for now at least, have recessed for the year.
Dr. Robert Wergin, a family physician who operates a solo practice in Milford, Neb., is worried.
"I like to think these politicians are intelligent people and they will come to their senses," Wergin said. "Now I'm worried that maybe they won't." Please follow the link below to read the rest of the article.
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