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| Quad City Times (Subscription Required)

Letter: Iowa patients, doctors will benefit from Medicare legislation

Iowans are facing health challenges like never before because today’s Medicare system demands that physicians do more with less. Too often, patients try to schedule an appointment, only to be told their physician is not accepting new patients or their long-time physician closed their doors for good.

| AMA

Medicare Trustees warn about access to care for seniors

Medicare Trustees warned today that long-term access to care for seniors is threatened by Medicare’s failure to keep up with the cost of practicing medicine, adding to the drumbeat of similar warnings from policymakers and the American Medical Association.

| Pacific Research Institute

It’s Time for Medicare to Stop Shortchanging Physicians

Medicare reimbursement rates are well below market value and have failed to keep up with the rate of inflation or the rising costs of running a medical practice. This undercompensation is causing a physician shortage already being felt across the country.

Join the Fight to Fix Medicare Now

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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