unfortunately the payment issue with medicare dates back to the early nineties to a formula that congress put in place which is supposed to be updated on a yearly basis and congress has fallen far behind. so they fix it a little step at a time. the president has called on congress since he came into office to fix it permanently. let’s make sure that medicare is a good payer for docs. let’s make sure docs on into the future understand that their services are essential to make sure that medicare beneficiaries get access to great care. and we will continue to work on that. this isn’t an impact of the affordable care act. this actually has been a decade that congress has really failed to look at the overall payments for doctors with medicare beneficiaries. but we’ve got 45 million people including my 89-year-old father who is a medicare beneficiary and really depends on those incredibly important services. and having physicians who provide that excellent care is a part of the partnership and we’re going to make sure that happens into the future.
increasingly doctors will not take medicare because they don't get reimbursed enough. what is being done about this?