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Senate Democrats To Move Forward With Bill That Would Halt 10.6% Medicare Physician Payment Cut Despite Veto Threat

Senate Democrats To Move Forward With Bill That Would Halt 10.6% Medicare Physician Payment Cut Despite Veto Threat

Time 03.06.2008 15:15 Source  medicalnewstoday.com

Despite a veto threat from the White House, Senate Democrats plan to move forward in the next two weeks with a bill (S 1951) that would reduce payments to Medicare Advantage plans to offset delaying a 10.6% cut to Medicare physicians' payments, CQ Today reports. The physician payment cut is scheduled to take effect July 1. The bill, sponsored by

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Date: 07 January 2009 - 16:05

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