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I have tried to send this before-so , if you get several I am sorry. But, According to the Wall Street Journal(s) dated Sept 12 and Oct 1, congress has passed and the president has signed into law a bill that probhits your doctor from giving you any medical care not approved by medicare;specifically, it prohibits your doctor from contracting with you for non-medicare approved care if he has treated a medicare patient in the previous 2 years. This is hard to believe, but is true. This bill will go into effect Jan.1, 1997. Medicare has become the all powerful arbiter of medical care for senior citizens. Medicare is not that smart. This is also an infringement on our rights. Senator Kyl of Arizona and congressman Archer of Texas have introduced a repealing bill entitled Medicare Beneficiary Freedom to Contract Act. Please write your senators,representatives and the president asking them to pass and sign the new bill, or some of us will not get the medical care we need. There is a web site-http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/ where you can find the names and addresses of your senators and representatives. Thank you, Nita Andres [log in to unmask]