In this case, Senate liberals should have not compromised in the first place. They should have stuck to their guns, and insisted on cutting the corporate welfare that Medicare Advantage insurers are receiving. Medicare cannot afford it. And, as the House vote shows, many independents and conservatives understand that the windfall is unwarranted. Medicare is not getting good value for its dollars.
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That does clarify the issues, doesn't it? Physicians vs Insurers...
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Sadly it does...
The headline is a bit misleading in that it implies that physicians won...
I totally agree with doing away with the Medicare Advantage plans. We just discovered that one of the local ones owes us over one hundred thousand dollars--they haven't paid us in two years..
I wonder what the CEO's bonus was...
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