Despite the best efforts of Sens. Specter and Casey, legislation that would have preserved the security and stability of Medicare recently fell victim to Washington politics. Specter and Casey, ...
On Thursday, the House voted 243-183, with one Republican joining 242 Democrats, to approve a $210 billion bill (HR 3961) that would avert a scheduled 21% reduction in Medicare reimbursements to ...
Physician, senior and military groups gathered Thursday in a five-city event to urge the permanent repeal of the broken Medicare physician payment formula that, they say, threatens access to care for ...
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission has unveiled a draft proposal to replace the sustainable growth rate formula, which sets Medicare physician payment rates. The proposal would offset $100 ...
Robert Moffit, Ph.D., is a senior research fellow in the Center for Health and Welfare Policy at The Heritage Foundation. In January 2012, Medicare physicians face a 27.4 percent cut in their payment ...