Senate Republicans Under Pressure From American Medical Association To Pass Legislation That Would Stop Medicare Physician Fee Cut

The office of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said that the Senate on Tuesday or Wednesday will hold another cloture vote on a House-passed bill (HR 6331) that would avert a 10.6% reduction to Medicare physician fees that was scheduled to take effect last week, Roll Call reports (Pierce, Roll Call, 7/7).

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