KevinMD February 1, 2018
The most profound health care legislation enacted since the Affordable Care Act, The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA), is a huge mistake. It adds another vast layer of bureaucracy to a health care system already overburdened by such things, and penalizes physicians who take care of the most complicated patients. The head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), who administer the program, admits it is a mistake. And the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), a federal agency whose role it is to advise Congress on the administration of Medicare, has officially recommended ending the program. And yet, MACRA persists. Doctors must take a stand and force the government to cancel MACRA.
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