Byline: Richard Wexler Capitol bureau
A chance meeting between Gov. Mario M. Cuomo and the 87-year-old leader of a senior-citizens group may help move through the Assembly a bill limiting what doctors can charge the elderly. But it's unlikely it do anything to help passage in the state Senate.
The bill would bar physicians from charging the elderly more than the federal Medicare program considers reasonable. Presently, Medicare pays 80 percent of the "reasonable" fee. The elderly patient pays the remaining 20 percent plus whatever extra fee a doctor imposes, if any.
The state Health Department has estimated that in New York, the elderly pay up to …
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