Seniors have earned their Medicare. We have earned the security of knowing that we can keep seeing the doctors we have come to trust and are comfortable with.
Unfortunately, Congress created a flawed system to pay Medicare doctors. Unless Congress takes action to address this, seniors could lose their doctors and future generations could face having to give up the doctors they trust.
If nothing is done, Medicare doctors will receive a 25 percent pay cut beginning Jan. 1, 2011. Congress must work together to stop this cut so seniors can continue to see their own physicians.
Our elected officials have a responsibility to keep doctors in the Medicare program. Failing to act now means the cut to doctor pay will only grow larger and more and more doctors may be driven out of Medicare. This is not an acceptable situation.
AARP is committed to fighting against these doctor pay cuts. Seniors have earned the peace of mind that comes from seeing their own doctors over the course of their lifetimes and we are going to keep fighting until Congress takes action. Now is the time to find a common-sense solution.
Marilyn Askin
AARP New Jersey Chief Legislative Advocate
Monroe