Introduced
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To require the Department of Community Health to give the legislature an annual report detailing the difference between Medicaid and Medicare health care provider reimbursement rates. Medicare, the federal program that pays for most health care services for seniors, has reimbursement rates that are only slightly below market rates. Medicaid, the state/federal program that pays for medical services for the poor, has rates that are substantially below market rates, and because of this and the challenge of overcoming bureaucratic obstacles to getting paid, many providers refuse to see Medicaid patients.
Referred to the Committee on Health Policy
