Medicare pay fix sails through House

Posted on AllSides March 26th, 2015
From The Left

The House may have passed its last “doc fix.”
Lawmakers on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a bipartisan bill to permanently repair the flawed way Medicare has paid physicians, to fund a children’s health insurance program for two more years and to enact some minor changes to entitlement programs.
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The bill was approved, 392-37, with the support of 212 Republicans and 180 Democrats — a rare show of unity on a policy negotiated by House Speaker John Boehner and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. A total...

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