http://www.cal-moaa.org/blog/2008/04/10/reimbursement-issue/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:34:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.6 http://www.cal-moaa.org/blog/2008/04/10/reimbursement-issue/#comment-761 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:05:19 +0000 http://www.cal-moaa.org/blog/2008/04/10/reimbursement-issue/#comment-761 Hi Judy and Robert - It's frankly just amazing the personal time and expense you're contributing towards maintaining Medicare and therefore TriCare funding to Physicians at an adequate level to not degress from the current level of medical care. In your " I think the example of National MOAA joining with AMA and speaking at the AMA Rally on April 2, 2008 and The Military Coalition letter, dated March 28, 2008, on the subject of reversing the planned 10.6% reduction in Medicare physician payment rates in July 2008 was a perfect example of how working together has a better chance of getting desired results. We have all laid the ground work for a major effort these next 18 months. Congress should do the same and work together for the common good of all." I wish to comment on. I feel the major effort must be now and aimed at achieving a final resolution this July vs going though another and then another temporary stop gap each year end as has happened for the last 3 Congressional years. So in this regard as you state above "that numbers count", we as an organization must somehow have our Cal-MOAA Chapter members and the many, many more in numbers MOAA members at large in the state and their family members utilze the National MOAA ready made email system to get the specific message across. Thank you very much for your dedication we are seeing to this cause. Frankly it hasn't been demonstrated before and very unlikely will be seen again. Cdr Robert E. Burke, USN-Ret Hi Judy and Robert - It’s frankly just amazing the personal time and expense you’re contributing towards maintaining Medicare and therefore TriCare funding to Physicians at an adequate level to not degress from the current level of medical care.
In your ” I think the example of National MOAA joining with AMA and speaking at the AMA Rally on April 2, 2008 and The Military Coalition letter, dated March 28, 2008, on the subject of reversing the planned 10.6% reduction in Medicare physician payment rates in July 2008 was a perfect example of how working together has a better chance of getting desired results. We have all laid the ground work for a major effort these next 18 months. Congress should do the same and work together for the common good of all.” I wish to comment on.
I feel the major effort must be now and aimed at achieving a final resolution this July vs going though another and then another temporary stop gap each year end as has happened for the last 3 Congressional years.
So in this regard as you state above “that numbers count”, we as an organization must somehow have our Cal-MOAA Chapter members and the many, many more in numbers MOAA members at large in the state and their family members utilze the National MOAA ready made email system to get the specific message across.
Thank you very much for your dedication we are seeing to this cause. Frankly it hasn’t been demonstrated before and very unlikely will be seen again.
Cdr Robert E. Burke, USN-Ret

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