I have used the LRGH a few times and found them to be excellent in their ER service. I believe they had a four million dollar budget deficit this year. They do alot of "charity" services so I feel they are a great Lakes Region resource.
The Medicare payments or fed. reimbursement is being cut in half so many places are refusing to take it. Congress is currently trying to revamp this section of "The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act". The bill will not work in its current state.
The doctor visit was worth 75 dollars and now Medicare will only pay 35 dollars. That does not even cover the business cost for the receptionist at the front desk. You cannot run a business with this limit. The direct result of this bill is to have doctors stop seeing people covered by this program.
A major issue that has driven the medical cost through the roof is legal liability and lawsuits. This issue was not addressed anywhere in the legislatures chambers.
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