Saturday, November 27, 2010

Despite Latest Propaganda… Doctors Forced to Cut Elderly Patients Due to Medicare Costs

Gateway Pundit  "How about a checkup from geriatric specialist Michael Trahos? Expect to see him every six months: The Alexandria-based doctor has been limiting most of his Medicare patients to twice yearly rather than the quarterly checkups he considers ideal for the elderly. Still, at least he’ll see you. Top-ranked primary care doctor Linda Yau is one of three physicians with the District’s Foxhall Internists group who recently announced they will no longer be accepting Medicare patients.
"“It’s not easy. But you realize you either do this or you don’t stay in business,” she said."

The Washington Post article here.

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