Medicare and the deficit

Kathryn Wagner
Dr. Kathryn Wagner, a breast cancer surgeon, poses for a photo at her offices, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010, in San Antonio. Wagner and other doctors are rebelling over a 25 percent cut in Medicare fees that goes into effect Dec. 1 _ unless the lame duck Congress staves it off. Wagner will stop taking new Medicare patients if the cut goes through. Wagner has posted a warning in her waiting room about a different sort of risk to patients' health. The sign says she'll stop taking new Medicare cases if Congress allows looming cuts in doctors' pay to go through. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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