Seniors squeezed as doctors shun Medicare
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Medicare has become a scary word to the doctors at the largest private group practice in Kansas City, Mo.
It’s so scary that most physicians at Kansas City Internal Medicine, with 65% of its nearly 70,000 active patients age 65 or older, have stopped accepting walk-in Medicare enrollees, said Dr. David Wilt, an internist at the group.
Wilt and his colleagues say they are shunning the area’s growing senior population because they believe Medicare doesn’t reimburse physicians enough to cover the cost of care. Read more….
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