Thank you for asking about a detailed roadmap for Medicare implementation. I begged for this when I was on the ASA "Medicare Working Group." It fell on deaf ears. The most we could manage was a carefully curated (but non-expert) list of possible pros and cons that we wanted to present to the members, and even that was edited at the last minute before an (arbitrary) deadline to remove any reference to cons.
Even assuming that every acupuncturist thought it was a great idea (which obviously isn't reality), what would the roll out look like? How would it work? If you're serious about doing something, you can't be vague! As I listened to the town hall, it occurred to me that a lot of past discussions were about whether or not Medicare *should* happen -- but what I want to know is, even if the law passed, *COULD* it happen? How? The lack of detail really makes me question the seriousness of, well, everything.
Thank you for asking about a detailed roadmap for Medicare implementation. I begged for this when I was on the ASA "Medicare Working Group." It fell on deaf ears. The most we could manage was a carefully curated (but non-expert) list of possible pros and cons that we wanted to present to the members, and even that was edited at the last minute before an (arbitrary) deadline to remove any reference to cons.
Even assuming that every acupuncturist thought it was a great idea (which obviously isn't reality), what would the roll out look like? How would it work? If you're serious about doing something, you can't be vague! As I listened to the town hall, it occurred to me that a lot of past discussions were about whether or not Medicare *should* happen -- but what I want to know is, even if the law passed, *COULD* it happen? How? The lack of detail really makes me question the seriousness of, well, everything.
Right! There are people who understand the very, very complex Medicare system. Shouldn't we be hearing from them?
[Tangentially: Would like to see your thoughts on woo and acupuncturists.]
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