Donald Palmisano, William Plested and Daniel Johnson: A Public Option Will Make the American Health-Care System Worse - WSJ.com: "...Today, Medicare already reimburses doctors less than what many of their treatments cost to provide. Now the government is saying that additional Medicare cuts are coming—thus forcing doctors to try and make up the difference in volume, by seeing more patients. If you ask patients about this, they understand that more volume means less time with the doctor. That's something that all patients and doctors should oppose. In time, it will be difficult to find a physician..."
Is there some kind of rule in Medicare that says doctors can't charge more? If so, I'd like to know where. All of my medical people have no problem charging more than what my insurance covers, so is Medicare different somehow? Oh, and that "cost of treatment"-- how is that figured and who figures that and what sort of profit margin is built into that calculation?
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