With the midterm elections just around the corner, voter concerns about health care affordability ring loud and clear. Before saddling the American health care system with new federal mandates, Washington should address the current distortions driving unnecessary spending. A good place to start is Medicare, where outdated billing rules force patients and taxpayers to pay twice for overlapping services during a single doctor’s visit.
Duplicative billing in Medicare doesn’t just harm seniors—it wastes taxpayer dollars and undermines the financial sustainability of a critical program millions of Americans depend on.
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