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Limit Patients' Access to Health Care? Help Stop Cuts to Medicare!

Target: U.S. Congress
Sponsored by: American Medical Association Patients' Action Netw

The future for patients’ access to health care is bleak.

While millions of baby boomers are about to retire and swell Medicare’s ranks, the government is cutting patients access to Medicare. It makes no sense. You have spent years paying taxes and paying into social security. Now insurance companies want to cut your benefits to line their own pockets.

Past Medicare cuts have made it more difficult for patients to find a doctor. Future doctor payment cuts will force doctors to limit the number of new Medicare patients they treat, will make it more difficult to find surgical and medical specialists and will force seniors to travel greater distances for medical care.

Now is your chance to protect yourself and your family — the future of your health is in your hands.

Tell Washington bigwigs to stop playing politics with your health care. Sign the petition to Congress today!

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deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 40,000

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Dear [Decision maker],

I strongly urge you to stop Medicare pay cuts.

Medicare doesn't even reimburse doctors at a level equal to the cost of treating patients. And, recent reports predict that the government will cut the rates further - by 10 percent in 2008, and a whopping 40 percent by 2015!

Past cuts have made it more difficult for patients to find a doctor. Future doctor payment cuts will force doctors to limit the number of new Medicare patients they treat, will make it more difficult to find surgical and medical specialists and will force seniors to travel greater distances for medical care.

With millions of Baby Boomers about to retire and swell Medicare's ranks, these cuts make no sense. Americans have spent years paying taxes and paying into Social Security. We refuse to let insurance companies cut our benefits to line their own pockets.

If you don't act now, doctor payment cuts will jeopardize Americans' access to doctors. Please make good on your promise to America's families by stopping Medicare pay cuts.

[Your comment here]

Sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your address]

We signed the “Limit Patients' Access to Health Care? Help Stop Cuts to Medicare!” petition!

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1:47 pm PDT, May 15, Adina Delgado, California

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10:23 am PDT, May 14, Helen Escobar, Illinois

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2:50 pm PDT, May 6, Robyn Sharpe, Massachusetts

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8:00 pm PDT, May 5, Victoria Valentine, Kansas

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6:30 pm PDT, May 5, Ellen Kirk, West Virginia
Stop cutting health care its a disgrace Ladies who have mysectomys are rushed out of hospitals the next day my Sister had a Double Mysectomy and they sent her home the next day.

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3:30 pm PDT, May 5, Christine Maidl, Colorado

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1:46 pm PDT, May 5, Julie Figueroa, Florida

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7:06 pm PDT, May 4, Darren Seute, Kansas

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10:23 pm PDT, May 3, XOtzin Ome, Colorado
your dharma becomes your kharma...what goes around comes around... you reap what you sow...

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4:57 pm PDT, May 3, L Gols, Massachusetts

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12:04 pm PDT, May 3, Sabrina Poblete, California

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1:16 pm PDT, May 1, Patrick Lewis, California

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7:43 am PDT, May 1, Linda McBride, New York
While costs need to be controlled, it is important that doctors not be asked to subsidize health care. Some formula should be devised to determine the actual costs to physicians for treatment (e.g., to cover office and equipment overhead) plus a reasonable profit for their time and expertise. While they probably deserve a lot more, they should definitely not have to incur a loss and seniors should not have to go without healthcare because physicians cannot afford to see them.

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9:54 pm PDT, Apr 30, Christine Pearson, Arizona

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2:10 pm PDT, Apr 24, Darla Lee, North Carolina
Not right and not fair - money talk bullshit walk

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4:43 pm PDT, Apr 17, Frances Chaffey, Australia

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3:17 pm PDT, Apr 17, Evelyn Owens, Texas
We need your help . Our Rising health costs are exceeding our income . We are 2 seniors raising our 2 grandchildren . Please Help.

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