Senate Finance Committee Democrats To Move Forward With Medicare Package That Includes Medicare Advantage Plan Cuts

Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-Mont.) on Wednesday said he will move forward with a Medicare package developed by Democrats that likely will be opposed by Republicans and the Bush administration, CQ Today reports. Baucus said he is retreating from crafting a bipartisan Medicare package that would delay for 18 months a 10.6% cut to physician fees (Armstrong [1], CQ Today, 5/21).

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Filed under: Medicare / Medicaid / Tricare on June 1st, 2008