Fed Up with Perpetual Medicare Cuts? Contact your Congressional Representatives Today!
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With CMS’ announcement last week of another 2.8% cut to Medicare physician payments in 2025 due to varying federal law provisions, physicians must once again press on their Senators and US Representatives to once and for all pass legislation (HR 2474) to end this perpetual cycle of proposed cuts and partial restorations.
Physicians can send a letter from here: Take Action | Fix Medicare Now
In March, Congress enacted a partial, not but not full, restoration of the 3.37% Medicare physician payment cut that went into effect on January 1. To make matters worse, in addition to the 2024 payment cut, physicians remain the only healthcare providers whose Medicare payments do not automatically receive an annual inflationary update.
As a result, Medicare physician payments have lagged 29% behind the rate of inflation growth since 2001.
Multiple pieces of legislation have been introduced to address these issues, but so far, Congress has refused to act. For example, H.R. 2474, championed by a bipartisan group of physician members of Congress and supported by over a hundred cosponsors, would reform this flawed system and provide annual inflationary updates based on the Medicare Economic Index (MEI) for Medicare physician services, similar to updates received by other health care providers.
Please also make your patients aware of the threat to their care by promoting this office reception area flyer, which educates them on how they can help protect access to their physicians.
Working together, we can push Congress to end the madness. Please contact your US Representative and Senator Schumer and Gillibrand today! Take Action | Fix Medicare Now
