I read through a little of the first PDF I quoted. I think this would make sense to a medical billing clerk ...

The only issue I see in this is that it does nothing to reduce the medical charges for patients other than Medicare patients. So, if you have private insurance your insurer will have increased contract costs (maybe) and your premiums will increase.

I am sure the taxes that you pay for Medicare will decrease --HAHA. Of course, Congress will not increase Medicare co-payment amounts -- that would be political suicide.

So, we have three classes of medical rates: Government Medicare and Medicaid; Private payers A.K.A: the insured. Guess which one gets a "stick up their ass"?