According to Dr. George Carayannopoulos who along with Dr. Michael Plakogiannis organized the event, “physicians are in the midst of the worst medical-economic storm in history, and we are working harder for less payment for our services. The current administration has a health care reform bill (Affordable Health Care for America Act [H.R. 3962]) which passed in the House of Representatives and is now undergoing intense debate in the Senate. This bill as it currently stands has no formal provision for medical malpractice tort reform, no provision to fix or remove the flawed Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula (the formula Medicare uses to reduce our reimbursement each year), imposes a 2.5% tax on medical devices, imposes a 5.4% surcharge tax on individuals with gross incomes of $500,000 or more, will reduce Medicare/Medicaid payments for medical services provided by hospitals and physicians, and will cost U.S. citizens $894 billion over the next 10 years to enact this proposal.” Moreover, Dr. Carayannopoulos stated, “payment for this $894 billion cost is to be financed primarily through reductions in Medicare payments for medical services and through increased taxes and fees.”

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