It sucks, and should be referred to as :
Obama’s Socialist Health Insurance Taxes
O S H I T
Some of the Government’s reimbursement rates are so low that the docs loose money on every patient they treat. That’s why so many don’t take Medicare or Medicaid.
Yup.
The only time they will see patients is in the hospital. Medicaid/Medicare pay more for catastrophic care than for office checkup visits.
“Free” health care doesn’t amount to a hill of beans if the doctor won’t see you. Not because you’re poor but because he won’t be paid enough to give you the proper medical care.
But you yourself (IIRC) posted that some dentists have gotten rich seeing only pediatric Medicaid patients.
The impression I have is that they can still make money if they design the practice around government patients, but the reporting and coding requirements are onerous.