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The problem with the new Medicare law, in one chart

Posted on AllSides April 23rd, 2015
From The Left

Congress passed a law last week that overhauls Medicare to pay doctors more when they deliver better care — or at least, that's how it's being sold.

President Obama described the new law that way — it "encourages payments based on quality," he said — shortly before signing it.

Except not all experts are convinced the law will do this: Topher Spiro at the Center for American Progress makes a pretty compelling case that, at least in the short term, the new bill will move away from paying

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http://www.vox.com/2015/4/23/8482129/medicare-sgr-value

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