The Senate Finance Committee health bill released last week controls doctors by cutting their pay if they give older patients more care than the government deems appropriate.
Section 3003(b) (p. 683) punishes doctors who land in the 90th percentile or above on what they provide for seniors on Medicare by withholding 5 percent of their compensation.
This withhold provision forces doctors to choose between treating their patients and avoiding government penalties. HMOs used the same cost-cutting device in the early '90s until it was deemed dangerous to patients and outlawed. Now, lawmakers want to use it against the most vulnerable patients, the elderly. This bill and four others under negotiation also would slash about $500 billion from future Medicare funding.
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The Dem plans will treat Granny as a Clunker. Doctors lose compensation if they treat their patients well. Dem plans all create rationed care for seniors.
You can scream "There are no death panels ! ! !", but the bills say RATIONED CARE, and PROVIDE FOR DEATH "Counseling"
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