cuts in Medicare with new Health Care Bill

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Re: cuts in Medicare with new health care bill.... I think most of us have enough to worry about and now there is this new program full of unknowns. I have read in print and heard on news that there are cuts in Medicare in the Senate Health Care bill. Here is this from December 24, 2009: 12:38 PM EThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/12/24/news/economy/senate_health_care_vote.cnnw/index.htm?postversion=2009122412"The Senate bill also cuts Medicare by roughly $500 billion. But instead

of an income tax surcharge on the wealthy, it would impose a 40% tax on

insurance companies providing what are called "Cadillac" health plans

valued at more than $8,500 for individuals and $23,000 for families."Also here from Dec. 3, 2009.http://news.aol.com/article/senate-votes-to-keep-medicare-cuts-in/790245 Sharonjoin me on Facebook:Sharon Mars wobbletowalk@...This email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or defects. To: MSersLife Sent: Tue, January 5, 2010 2:29:25 PMSubject: Re: Mayo to stop accepting Medicare/ comment from n

So far, I cannot find any actual cuts to Medicare, per se, though IFthe Senate Bill were to pass relatively unaltered (unlikely), then theHouse Bill would rescue Medicare. I pray for them to pull the best of these bills out and come up with an actual passably good billfor the President to enact into law. I write to my Senators and tomy Representatives in Congress all the time, by e-mail from theirsites on line.Can't hurt; might help!Love to you, Sharon, and to all here,nP.S. Down the line the entire administrative costsfor Medicare would be far less if it were not being"pharmed" out to the private sector and a select fewinsurance companies. My pharmacist enlightenedme about why they are pushing "generic" drugs so hard and

so fast----a lot of $$$$$$$$$$$$$! I justhope that the whole financing of Medicare can bere-worked in this decade. People do not realize thatif one's income happens to be over $1654.00 per month,one pays large premiums, huge co-pays and we allpay in federal taxes to run the whole thing. Swedenand Italy, for example, have cheaper and better systems, but then they do tax corporations and the super rich--how is the above for a run-on sentence? M.~To:

MSersLife Sent: Tue, January 5, 2010 11:22:12 AMSubject: Re: Mayo to stop accepting Medicare/ comment from n

I am worried about it as well. Medicare already pays way less than doctors/etc bill. Now the new health care bill says there will be more cuts to Medicare. I know 'they' say the cuts will be made up somewhere else and the docs/hospitals will still be reimbursed but I don't think the health professionals believe that. In the meantime, it's the Medicare recipients who suffer. love Sharonjoin me on Facebook:Sharon Mars wobbletowalk@ yahoo.comThis email is a natural hand made product.

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MSersLife@yahoogrou ps.comSent: Mon, January 4, 2010 10:46:16 PMSubject: Re: Mayo to stop accepting Medicare/ comment from n

I have been so worried about this.Let us hope that the major facilities willcontinue to accept both Medicare and Medicaid!Love and hope,nFrom: Sharon <wobbletowalk@ yahoo.com>To: Group <mserslife@yahoogrou ps.com>Sent: Mon, January 4, 2010 7:45:08 PMSubject: Mayo to stop accepting

Medicare

This has been all over the news here in Arizona. The Mayo Clinic here in Glendale, Arizona is going to stop taking Medicare. This is apparently a two year pilot program and doesn't currently affect the hospitals in sdale AZ, FL or in MN. This kind of thing really worries me. My dil works for a surgical practice and has heard of several doctors here in our mountain community that have also stopped taking Medicare patients due to the low payments/reimbursem ents they receive from the government. http://www.business week.com/ news/2009- 12-31/mayo- clinic-in- arizona-to- stop-treating- some-medicare- patients. html Sharonjoin me on Facebook:Sharon Mars wobbletowalk@ yahoo.comThis email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or defects.