Senate Reaches Deal to Block 25% Cut in Doctors’ Pay
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U.S. physicians would get a one-year reprieve from a 25 percent cut in the fees they receive from Medicare under an agreement announced by senators.
Democratic and Republican leaders in the Senate agreed to a $19.2 billion bill that would replace next year’s scheduled reduction in Medicare payments by freezing the rates, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, and Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader from Kentucky, said today in a statement.