Sen. Baucus To Send Bill Delaying Medicare Physician Fee Reductions Straight To Senate Floor

Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-Mont.) on Thursday said he intends to send a bill addressing a scheduled reduction in Medicare physician fees straight to the Senate floor rather than have the committee do a mark up, CongressDaily reports. While Baucus said he wanted the committee to mark up the bill, other committee members and Senate leaders thought that a single floor debate would be more efficient.

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Filed under: Medicare / Medicaid / Tricare on April 8th, 2008