Doctors show Medicare patients the door - The Denver Post: "Beverly Brodnax just got dumped by her doctor.
The disabled woman is among the many Coloradans on Medicare who say it's becoming more difficult to find a doctor who will take their government health insurance.
A 21 percent cut in Medicare reimbursements to physicians went into effect April 1, and although the U.S. Senate is poised to stave off the reduction with a last-minute, temporary stopgap this week, it's too little, too late for some Colorado doctors and their patients.
Brodnax and her husband, David, got the disappointing news a couple of weeks ago. Beverly's primary-care doctor of five years would no longer see her because she is on Medicare.
'He fired her,' David Brodnax said. 'It's almost impossible to find a physician who will take you as a new patient in Colorado Springs if you have Medicare.'"
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