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Care tied to doctors’ pay

Sun., July 25, 2010

This is for all people on Medicare. Do you know Congress wants to cut doctors’ fees by 2l percent?

Already there are doctors in the Spokane area that will drop all Medicare patients if this happens. Everyone on Medicare needs to write, call or e-mail Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Sen. Patty Murray and Sen. Maria Cantwell and ask them to vote for H.R. 3961. If you don’t, you may lose your doctor.

Medicare won’t do us any good if doctors will not take us. Also, if you don’t have a doctor you will not be able to get a prescription for your medicine. Bad news for Medicare patients.

Patricia Blum

Spokane Valley

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