Becker's Healthcare January 31, 2025
House Republicans have proposed sweeping changes to healthcare policies – including major Medicaid cuts — and five physicians joined Beckers to discuss their thoughts on the policy changes.
Editor’s note: These responses are edited lightly for clarity and length.
Question: Medicaid is under scrutiny as Republican lawmakers eye big healthcare budget cuts for this year. How could this affect your practice and/or healthcare as a whole?
John Corsetti, MD. Orthopedic Surgeon at New England Orthopedic Surgeons (Springfield, Mass.): The viability of private practice orthopedic surgery is being jeopardized by the relentless reimbursement cuts, which have persisted in the face of unprecedented post pandemic overhead increases, largely due to labor and supply cost increases. Many practices have become unviable...
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