Medicare users could soon lose perks they love -- like choosing their own doctor

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One of the benefits of traditional Medicare is the flexibility of choosing your doctor and the ease of seeing specialists. But that could be about to change.

Healthcare providers under Medicare could soon be tightening their spending by scaling back care or requiring more prior authorizations, as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) pushes to have all beneficiaries in cost-cutting models by 2030.

The CMS Innovation Center earlier this year released a new strategic goal to move Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries to accountable care arrangements with providers who assume the financial risk of providing care, a CMS spokesperson said. CMS has said it aims to have all people with traditional Medicare in such arrangements by 2030.

Under these arrangements, groups of doctors, hospitals and other healthcare providers work together to coordinate patient care. The accountable care organizations then are financially responsible for the care provided — getting bonuses if spending is lower than targeted, and penalties if spending is higher.

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