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Save Medicare Today
Doctors want to take care of Medicare patients. Congress is forcing doctors to limit the number of Medicare patients we see or to quit taking Medicare patients altogether.
When it comes to health care reform, America's doctors keep telling Congress to “keep what’s good in our health care system and fix only what’s wrong.” Something that is very wrong is the formula Medicare uses to pay physicians. Each year for the past decade, physicians have faced steep payment cuts that make it harder and harder for them to care for their Medicare patients. Congress knows about the problem. They know the faulty formula Medicare uses to pay doctors does not work but they have not fixed the problem. We need your help to convince Congress to fix Medicare now. Please sign the petition and send it to your friends to sign as well.
Please fix Medicare by developing a rational Medicare physician payment system that automatically keeps up with the cost of running a practice and is backed by a fair, stable funding formula.
Updates
July 10, 2011
Congress is gambling with our health care while they ignore this broken payment system. We are pushing toward 100,000 signatures to force their hands and show them we will not tolerate these constant cuts. Post this link everywhere right now because we need that number to hit before we confront them.
April 23, 2011
Congress is finally starting to feel the heat because of our relentless pressure. These bureaucrats keep ignoring the collapse of our healthcare system but they cannot hide from this growing movement forever.
Reached 50,000 supporters
April 25, 2010
Reached 10,000 supporters
April 8, 2010
April 1, 2010
One thousand people have finally told Congress enough is enough. These politicians keep ignoring the fact that their broken payment formula is forcing doctors to turn away patients. We are not letting them look the other way anymore.
Reached 1,000 supporters
March 31, 2010
198 Comments
more and more doctors are opting out. I have already lost my primary care doctor. Please fix the problem. A rational payment system that keeps up with cost of living without forcing doctors to try to deal with patients in impossibly short time frames is absolutely needed .
Please fix Medicare. Doctors need to be paid well for all their hard work. It cost them a tremendous amount of money to complete college and medical school not to mention their internships. PAY THEM WELL. If they aren't paid well, the smart people will go into another profession.
I am asking Congress to continue your work by fixing the crumbling foundation of our health care system. If physicians are not reimbursed adequately for treating us senior citizens then they will not be able to treat us. I worked all my life and have paid into Medicare for many years.
This is critical to the future of affordable healthcare and capable, available practitioners of medicine in the future. Please help! The reimbursement formulas being used and that are being proposed going forward are unsustainable.
This really does need to be fixed. I've had Doctor's offices tell me that they would not take me as a patient because I have Medicare. When I offer to pay the full cost, the still refuse - because I have Medicare. What a MESS!!!!
Congress needs to fix Medicare.
Lets fix this now.
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Sponsored by America's Medical Societies
Save Medicare Today
Doctors want to take care of Medicare patients. Congress is forcing doctors to limit the number of Medicare patients we see or to quit taking Medicare patients altogether.
When it comes to health care reform, America's doctors keep telling Congress to “keep what’s good in our health care system and fix only what’s wrong.” Something that is very wrong is the formula Medicare uses to pay physicians. Each year for the past decade, physicians have faced steep payment cuts that make it harder and harder for them to care for their Medicare patients. Congress knows about the problem. They know the faulty formula Medicare uses to pay doctors does not work but they have not fixed the problem. We need your help to convince Congress to fix Medicare now. Please sign the petition and send it to your friends to sign as well.
Please fix Medicare by developing a rational Medicare physician payment system that automatically keeps up with the cost of running a practice and is backed by a fair, stable funding formula.
Updates
July 10, 2011
Congress is gambling with our health care while they ignore this broken payment system. We are pushing toward 100,000 signatures to force their hands and show them we will not tolerate these constant cuts. Post this link everywhere right now because we need that number to hit before we confront them.
April 23, 2011
Congress is finally starting to feel the heat because of our relentless pressure. These bureaucrats keep ignoring the collapse of our healthcare system but they cannot hide from this growing movement forever.
Reached 50,000 supporters
April 25, 2010
Reached 10,000 supporters
April 8, 2010
April 1, 2010
One thousand people have finally told Congress enough is enough. These politicians keep ignoring the fact that their broken payment formula is forcing doctors to turn away patients. We are not letting them look the other way anymore.
Reached 1,000 supporters
March 31, 2010
198 Comments
I would like my congress man and senators to Please fix Medicare by developing a rational Medicare physican payment sytem that automatically keeps up with the cost of running a practice and is backed by a fair,stable funding formula.
more and more doctors are opting out. I have already lost my primary care doctor. Please fix the problem. A rational payment system that keeps up with cost of living without forcing doctors to try to deal with patients in impossibly short time frames is absolutely needed .
Please fix Medicare. Doctors need to be paid well for all their hard work. It cost them a tremendous amount of money to complete college and medical school not to mention their internships. PAY THEM WELL. If they aren't paid well, the smart people will go into another profession.
I am asking Congress to continue your work by fixing the crumbling foundation of our health care system. If physicians are not reimbursed adequately for treating us senior citizens then they will not be able to treat us. I worked all my life and have paid into Medicare for many years.
This is critical to the future of affordable healthcare and capable, available practitioners of medicine in the future. Please help! The reimbursement formulas being used and that are being proposed going forward are unsustainable.
This really does need to be fixed. I've had Doctor's offices tell me that they would not take me as a patient because I have Medicare. When I offer to pay the full cost, the still refuse - because I have Medicare. What a MESS!!!!
Congress needs to fix Medicare.
Lets fix this now.
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I would like my congress man and senators to Please fix Medicare by developing a rational Medicare physican payment sytem that automatically keeps up with the cost of running a practice and is backed by a fair,stable funding formula.