Will Medicare & Medicaid Cuts Bankrupt Physicians?

Physicians for years now have claimed that their practices lose money when treating Medicare or Medicaid patients.  Doctors use these assertions to portray themselves as yearning to offer treatment to the elderly or indigent but unable to do so due to economic realities. The specter of bankruptcy is often invoked. Recent studies suggest that physicians may not fully participate in treating the newly insured Medicaid patients resulting from the Affordable Care Act.