A group of physicians, economists, and medical students gathered on Medstro to talk about Medicare’s solution to the decades-old “doc fix” problem — it’s how you get paid for caring for Medicare patients.

The chat was occasioned by an essay in the New England Journal of Medicine by Meredith Rosenthal, an economist and a close observer of Medicare policy and reimbursement in general. She joins the discussion and helps sort things out. You’ll want to listen, but we warn you: it’s contentious!

[Running time: 29 minutes]

NEJM essay (free)