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June 04, 2008

Heads Up for Our Mil-Swillers: Supporting Our Troops Through Their Benefits

Or not.

A cut in medicare payments to doctors could soon cause cuts in health care to senior citizens and military families.

...On July 1st, medicare will cut the current reimbursement rate by another 10.6 percent.... which will force some doctors to cut services not only to seniors.... but military members as well.

...And it's not just seniors who will likely be affected by the cut.

Most active and some retired military members are covered under the Tricare insurance program.... which ties its rates to medicare.


Posted by tree hugging sister at June 4, 2008 09:35 PM

Comments

Wonderful. How about cutting the link between Tricare and Medicare, fools?

Posted by: The_Real_JeffS at June 4, 2008 10:52 PM

Gonna be great around here when Tricare providers either refuse new patients, can't give existing patient required treatment or dump them entirely.

Posted by: tree hugging sister at June 5, 2008 10:21 AM