Latest Medicare physician pay cut shows desperate need for overhaul
Half of this year’s 3.37% pay cut is allowed to stand after partial relief in budget deal. The AMA will relentlessly lead the charge for systemic reform.
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Medicare cuts ensure disaster to doctor-patient relationship
Physicians cannot weather the continuous barrage of payment cuts, especially in the face of record inflation and exploding bureaucracy.
Fix the broken Medicare physician payment system that threatens patient access
Many physicians today are working under an unsustainable Medicare payment system that fails to adequately reimburse them for the critical, life-saving services they provide.
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What doctors wish patients knew about Medicare physician payment
Medicare physician payment is not keeping up with inflation. This has repercussions for patients’ access to care.
Physicians lobby Congress on Medicare pay cuts
Indiana lawmaker Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.) expresses hope that payment cuts to doctors are reversed in next spending bill.
Congress must act now to stop Medicare cuts
The stakes in reforming our nation’s broken and unsustainable Medicare payment system could not be higher for patients, for physicians, and for the entire health care system.
How Congress is failing America’s Medicare patients
The AMA and more than 120 other national medical organizations and state medical societies called on Congress to pass legislation to reverse the 3.37% Medicare physician pay cuts that took effect Jan. 1 but Congress kicked the can down the road.
Medicare physician payment cut another example of neglect of our health care system
Fee cuts and already woefully inadequate payments have physicians contemplating leaving Medicare or quitting medicine altogether.
Inflation threatens health care access as Medicare gap widens: GOP rep
Inflation is threatening health care access across the country as the gap widens between the cost of medical services and the coverage rates paid out by Medicare, Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.) warned last month.
Medicare physician pay cuts’ ripple effect could become a wave
In rural North Carolina, primary care physicians struggle to retain and recruit the people needed to care for many Medicare-age farmers.
New Year’s resolution for Congress: Cancel the Medicare pay cut
The AMA is strongly supporting a bill introduced in Congress that would completely eliminate the 3.37% Medicare physician pay cut scheduled to take effect Jan. 1.
Bipartisan reps introduce bill canceling 2024's 3.4% Medicare pay cut to physicians
A bipartisan group of representatives has introduced a bill into the House that would undo a 2024 physician pay cut finalized last month by the Biden administration.
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We’re dedicated to raising awareness of Medicare physician payment system problems so that we can work towards solutions that protect physician practices and patients’ access to care. It’s vital that patients and physicians use their voices to advocate for change.
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