Would you work for one third of what you're usually paid because the government demanded it? That's what doctors are asked to do in Medicaid, the joint state/federal health care program for the poor.
"One of the challenges for Medicaid is that the reimbursement levels for doctors are lower than they are for Medicare, that's true across the country," says Neera Tanden of the Center for American Progress, a liberal-leaning think tank. And Medicare pays some 20 percent less than private insurance.
With Medicaid reimbursement so far below Medicare, access to care is endangered.
Virginia’s Republican Governor Robert McDonnell says, "You don't want to undermine the quality of care for Medicaid patients because you have a shrinking number of doctors and hospitals that accept Medicaid."
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