Doctors’ Medicare Pay Cut Won’t Be Unlinked From Tax Bill
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House Republicans have no plans to move a stand-alone bill to reverse a 27-percent cut in Medicare fees to doctors that’s set to go into effect Jan. 1, a spokesman for Speaker John Boehner said.
Both the House and Senate have opted to address Medicare payments to doctors as part of the impasse over extending a payroll-tax cut set to expire at the end of the year. Congress is deadlocked over the tax, which has become the end-of-session vehicle for unrelated issues, including fees for Medicare, the U.S. insurer for those 65 and older and the disabled.