Timothy Birdnow (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
Jack Kemp (not the late politician) The doctors say they won’t take new Medicare patients under Obama’s 21 percent cuts, but the truth be told, the doctors are probably aren’t taking in new Medicare patients NOW and just not admitting it to the press. As the old Metropolitan Life insurance commercial (seen in NY years ago [...]
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
NPR reports on Senate Democrats' failed attempt to fix Medicare's perennial problem of threatening to cut doctor pay. "Just about every year a formula glitch threatens to cut payments to doctors who treat seniors and the disabled," according to NPR. "And just about every year Congress cancels the cut. This year lawmakers are complaining about the bill because it's...
Google News - Top Stories (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
NECN Medicare doctors' pay plan rejected in U.S. Senate Reuters WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (Reuters) - US Senate Democratic leaders dropped a proposal to boost Medicare payments to doctors after the bill failed on Wednesday to muster enough support to overcome procedural roadblocks. Republicans and a number of Democrats ... Doctor-Pay Bill Is Shelved in Senate Wall Street...
Sify (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A proposal to boost Medicare payments to doctors ran into trouble in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday as Republicans and some Democrats balked at adding $250 billion to skyrocketing U.S. deficits over the next decade.
The Right Coast (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) lost the first floor battle of the healthcare reform debate Wednesday when 12 Democrats and one Independent joined all Republicans to defeat a bill to halt Medicare cuts affecting doctors. via thehill.com Doc fix...
Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
Democratic leadership looks ineffectual again. Sen. Harry Reid couldn't get the votes together to restrain inflation of Medicare payments, allowing Republicans another winning hand in what has become little more than a political game instead of real health care reform.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
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Christian Science Monitor (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
Thirteen Senate Democrats joined Republicans in rejecting a $245 billion 'doc fix’ to prevent cuts in payments to Medicare doctors. Majority leader Harry Reid said the Senate will address the issue again after health reform.
Kansas City Star (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Doctors' Medicare fees would be cut 21 percent next year unless some change is approved, and quickly, but senators sent a strong signal Wednesday that they're reluctant to spend billions on a long-term solution.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Doctors' Medicare fees would be cut 21 percent next year unless some change is approved, and quickly, but senators sent a strong signal Wednesday that they're reluctant to spend billions on a long-term solution.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
Kaiser Health News staff writer Chris Weaver reports on developments surrounding efforts in the Senate regarding legislation on Medicare payments to physicians. "Legislation to 'fix' Medicare's physician payment formula has stalled in the Senate, just days after Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., announced his intent to fast-track the measure. ...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
S. 1776 would have preserved access by replacing flawed payment system ATTENTION NEWS DESKS: AARP is recording House and Senate roll call votes on key issues throughout the 111th Congress, and informing its 40 million members of the results of these key votes.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A proposal to boost Medicare payments to doctors ran into trouble in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday as Republicans and some Democrats balked at adding $250 billion to skyrocketing U.S. deficits over the next decade.
Fox News (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
The proposal would replace a formula from the 1997 Balanced Budget Act designed to hold down Medicare costs by setting yearly and cumulative spending targets. If actual spending exceeds the target for a given year, reimbursement rates for doctors are lowered the next year. Expenditures have exceeded projections for the past seven years and Congress has passed legislation to override the...
S E N A T U S (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Legislation giving doctors “$247 billion in increased Medicare fees over the next decade veered toward collapse in the Senate on Tuesday, a victim of bipartisan concern over growing federal deficits,” the AP reports. Instead, key lawmakers worked privately on a far less costly bill that would avert a 21 percent cut scheduled to take effect [...]
