Senate Minority Leader Says Medicare Legislation That Would Halt Scheduled Physician Fee Cut Must Pass Chamber By Unanimous Consent

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) last week said that any Medicare bill coming to the chamber floor this week must pass by unanimous consent, CongressDaily reports. Lawmakers are crafting legislation that aims to reverse a 10% physician fee cut, scheduled to go into effect Jan. 1, 2008 (Johnson, CongressDaily, 12/14). [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Medicare / Medicaid / Tricare on December 20th, 2007