(AP) — A Louisiana State Medical Society survey finds that many physicians will cut down on their Medicaid care because of a recent 10 percent cut in the money they receive for the patients. Two-thirds of those responding to an e-mail survey of society members released Monday said the cuts would prompt changes: either they plan to stop treating Medicaid patients altogether or they intend to stop accepting new ones.
State doctors: Medicaid care, treatment to be reduced
September 1, 2009