Medicare: Keep the Door Open

Never have the stakes been higher. Unless Congress acts to stop the Medicare payment cut scheduled to take place in July, family physicians will be hit with a decrease of more than 10 percent in Medicare payments.

A decrease of this magnitude will make it more and more difficult for family physicians to keep their doors open to Medicare patients.

Your AAFP officers and DC-based government relations staff are working round-the-clock with key members of Congress to avert this cut.

But they cannot do it alone. They need the active help of each and every Academy member. That’s why we have provided a number of tools for you to use – both personally and when talking with your Medicare patients.

The following items are provided to assist you – so you can act now!