Hopefully this might have some impact and perhaps stop the 10% cut in payment for physicians too...even now it is already difficult in some areas for seniors to find a doctor and this would make matters worse, and it would do nothing to boost technology that is so badly needed in the small practices.  BD 

Sens. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Gordon Smith (R-Ore.) on Monday sent a letter signed by 44 senators to President Bush requesting that he rescind new rules issued last month that limit SCHIP enrollment to the lowest-income children, CongressDaily reports (Johnson [1], CongressDaily, 9/11).

In the letter, the senators say that they "oppose these new requirements as they will result in the loss of coverage for tens of thousands of children and could block efforts under way by other states working to insure more kids"

According to the letter, if Medicare payments to physicians are cut by 10% as scheduled in 2008, "60% of physicians will have to limit their acceptance of new Medicare patients, and two-thirds of physicians plan to deter the purchase of information technology."

Forty-Four Senators Send Letter Asking President Bush To Rescind New Rules That Restrict SCHIP Enrollment

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