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Archive Home > 2005 > July > 09 > Doctors discuss low Medicare payments with Rep. Walden

Doctors discuss low Medicare payments with Rep. Walden

Reimbursements are often less than cost of patient care

By Keith Chu / The Bulletin
July 9, 2005

Doctors are being paid less and less to see patients on Medicare and Medicaid, and the poor and elderly are paying the price, local physicians told Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., on Thursday.

Walden fielded questions from about 20 doctors in a conference room at St. Charles Medical Center-Bend.....

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