Medicare Doctor Payment “Fix” Could Slip, Jeopardizing AMA Support For Health Reform
The American Medical Association backed the House Democrats’ reform bill earlier this month, at a time when it appeared likely lawmakers would move to permanently end looming cuts to doctors’ Medicare payments that Congress defers from year to year, Politico reports. While the so-called “doc fix” was not in the final health bill, “[t]he House is expected to pass a bill later this week to permanently plug [the] shortfall ….
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