Medicare Patient Empowerment Act: Help Protect the Physician-Patient Relationship

Wednesday, September 05, 2012

The OSMA is strongly supporting the American Medical Association (AMA) in advocating for the Medicare Patient Empowerment Act (H.R. 1700/S.1042). This legislation would allow patients to use their Medicare coverage to help cover the cost of seeing any physician, even those who do not accept Medicare.

We need your help in urging lawmakers to support this bill. Click here to access resources for physicians and patients, and to get involved in grassroots activities or here to sign our online petition for this bill.

The House bill, introduced by Rep. Tom Price (R-GA), now has 41 cosponsors. In addition, 1,023 physicians and 962 patients have signed the online petition.

Want to continue the discussion on the OSMA Community? Click here to post your thoughts and connect with your peers on the OSMA’s member-only forum.

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