Unless Congress acts immediately, Medicare will cut physician payments by 4.5%
on January
1, 2004. This comes on top of a 5.4% cut made in 2002.

"America's seniors can't afford another cut."

<< ***** This is *NOT* the moral issue involved. The PROPER moral issue is that
the government has no right to violate the rights of America's doctors by
extorting services from them at whatever prices it dictates as the sole payer
of health care services for seniors.

A right to one's own life means a right to decide at what prices and on what
terms one chooses to work and offer services volutarily to others, trading by
mutual consent to mutual benefit, NOT benefitting one party at the expense of
the other due to government coercion. ***** >>

Already, some 24% of family physicians
surveyed nationwide indicated they are no
longer able to accept new Medicare patients.

The Medicare Prescription Drug Bill now being
considered by Congress would STOP THE CUTS
and require POSITIVE PAYMENT UPDATES for
physicians in each of the next two years.

CALL CONGRESS TODAY! Calling is QUICK, EASY, and
FREE using the AMA’s automated Grassroots
Hotline.

Congress Must Act Immediately To Block
4.5% Physician Payment Cut In 2004

AMA Grassroots Hotline: (800) 833-6354

Ask your Senators and Representative to
VOTE FOR THE MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG BILL!

<< *** AT THE SAME TIME, DON'T DELUDE YOURSELF INTO THINKING THAT
PETITIONIING/FUNDING YOUR "CONGRESSIONAL FOLLOWERS" WITHOUT CHANGING THE MINDS
OF THEIR CONSTITUENTS/ YOUR PATIENTS WILL BE ANY MORE SUCCESSFUL ON THIS ISSUE
THAN IN SEEKING MEDICAL MALPRACTICE REFORM HAS BEEN >>

For more information on this issue, or to send an
e-mail to your member of Congress, please visit
the AMA's Grassroots website at:
http://www.ama-assn.org/grassroots