It reduces reimbursement without regard to value or need.

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The government writes reimbursement checks without investigating claims, while private-sector health insurers monitor claims before they pay them.

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As the American Medical Association and others have pointed out, the board is charged with the contradictory mandate of cutting Medicare reimbursement rates to health-care providers, without reducing benefits or finding new ways to increase value.

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