Letter to the Editor

Medicare under attack

By Doris Chorny, Wallkill
Posted 2/2/23

Calling all Seniors who are sick or might ever be sick!  Your traditional Medicare is under attack.  An op-ed piece in the (December 20) Wall Street Journal warned that as …

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Letter to the Editor

Medicare under attack

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Calling all Seniors who are sick or might ever be sick!  Your traditional Medicare is under attack.  An op-ed piece in the (December 20) Wall Street Journal warned that as medicine becomes industrialized, “The Doctor’s Office Becomes an Assembly Line.”  A doctor added that: “Large healthcare systems which are viewed as single entities have been able to negotiate fees up to 300% higher than what independent practices get.  The lower fees have forced many independent practices to go out of business.” They may soon disappear.

Some patients have recently sensed a change in their physician’s manner. It is more rushed and less attentive. The office management is bureaucratic and difficult to deal with. This is the result of the current sweep to privatize medicine. It is called REACH and if your physician’s practice opts in, it will be managed by profit-seeking middlemen and your health will be too.

The government is attempting to drastically change Medicare. If it succeeds, the new structures will change healthcare delivery for everyone. An active group of healthcare providers called Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) is opposing those efforts. I urge you to go to info@pnhp.org and to protectmedicare.net to learn more, sign a petition and protect your health.