1.   Doctors are reimbursed separately by Medicare.

2.   Medicare, the health care program for the elderly, now reimburses doctors who administer flu shots to people covered by the program.

3.   The government charged TAP with inflating that price so that doctors could be reimbursed more than TAP actually charged them for the drug.

4.   These health maintenance organizations reimburse doctors for services rendered.

5.   Wong, whose role is to advise the committee on the legal implications of bills, agrees that doctors are not reimbursed sufficiently by the health plans.

6.   Regulators also want to reimburse doctors for each illness treated rather than service provided, to discourage unnecessary tests and treatments.

7.   The government then reimburses doctors for services.

8.   They also complained of a delay by public health care systems in reimbursing doctors for their services.