new health care reform legislation includes a number of provisions that will affect the bottom line and it seems that many of these effects will be negative.
On the one hand, while the reform include increasing Medicaid reimbursements, the increases are only mandatory for 2013 and 2014, when the bulk of new patients who are expected are being added. Nobody knows what will happen after that, but we know that Congress is notorious for the lack of funding for Medicaid. At the same time, it will wait to see a lot of new patients as a result of health reform. Experts say that approximately 32 million new patients seeking care, and about 16 million of them are used Medicaid for such care. This means you can expect to see their own practice to increase by 10% -20%. former medical sales representative specializing in primary care, I know what this means for you. Most of the doctors visit and see over 100 patients a week. I can not believe how hard it is to become of you to see another free 10 or 20 health care reform. What can primary care physicians to protect their wealth and sanity in these conditions? One thing, of course, is to do what I can to make their voices heard as the health care is being reformed more. Make sure your representatives know national and state that you can not afford to see Medicaid patients at a loss as we are doing now, and that the government is only paying about 60 % -70% of the actual cost of seeing Medicare patients. Maybe the health system needs reform, but you have the right to ask if you, as a primary care physician is supposed to be paying through more hours of work for the same money or less. Another thing you can and must do is take over the management of their own wealth. Health reform and demonstrated incompetence in the financial services sector is more important than ever that you know how to make your money work for you. In fact, as you change the mandate of the reform legislation has happened, the management of their wealth may be the only way to ensure the retirement you deserve. Fortunately, there are systems out there that can help protect their earnings and retirement, even in the face of health care reform. Things will be tough time for primary care physicians. The government and private insurers are both going to be looking for ways to save money, and we all know that often means squeezing primary care physicians. But with the right mix of information and commitment, you can learn to manage and grow their wealth to health care reform that does not deceive the retirement lifestyle you deserve.