[lbo-talk] HMO Medicaid

joanna 123hop at comcast.net
Wed Nov 15 09:43:46 PST 2006


B. wrote:


>And many doctors refuse Medicare patients as a matter
>of policy (probably because the govt. is actually more
>of a stickler about paperwork and negotiating fair pay
>than many private insurers are); so having the private
>card could even open doors for the
>sick/elderly/poor/disabled.
>
I have a friend married to a psychiatrist. Until a few years ago, he was one of the few shrinks in the Bay area that accepted Medicare patients. The govt paid him $45 for a visit. It took him about 1/2 hour to fill out the paperwork for the visit. So finally, he stopped taking medicare patients.

Joanna


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