Representative Burgess Cites TMA Survey on House Floor

U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess, MD (R-Texas), mentioned TMA’s recent survey showing dramatic declines in physicians who accept new Medicaid and Medicare patients on the House floor today.

“The federal government, with its Medicare and Medicaid programs being structured the way they are, is actually causing the cost of health care to skyrocket in this country, and that’s something that needs to stop,” said Dr. Burgess. “It’s inexcusably hurting patients.”

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