Fee-for-service punching bag. As the Obama administration sets out to reform healthcare, medicare advantage is one of the first and most prominent targets.
Medicare Advantage plans have become a prime target in Washington, as lawmakers seek funding for a system overhaul. Private fee-for-service plans have especially come under fire, as too expensive and too unregulated. Doctors have complaints, too. "Private fee-for-service doesn't work for us. It doesn't pay us enough to break even," says Albert Fisk, medical director at the Everett (Wash.) Clinic.
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