Medicare and the Orthopaedic Surgeon: Challenges in Providing, Financing, and Accessing Musculoskeletal Care for the Elderly*

1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco, 500 Parnassus Avenue, MU 320W, San Francisco, CA 94143-0728. E-mail address: [email protected] 2Chair, Board of Directors, AARP, 601 E Street N.W., Washington, DC 20049 3Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University and Hospitals, 925 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107