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Congress must fix Medicare physician payment system

My mother called me last week for what I thought would be a friendly catch-up. It turned into an extended rant about the frustrations she has with her new doctor and how hard it is to get proper care.

It seems my parents' previous primary care physician – with whom they had a longstanding relationship – left and was very blunt about why: Medicare reimbursements had forced her practice to consolidat…

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