AARP Maryland
AARP Maryland Key Vote News Alert
Published in Health Insurance Law Weekly, November 8th, 2009
SUMMARY: Today the U.S. Senate blocked critical legislation to protect access to doctors for the 44 million Americans who rely on Medicare. The Medicare Physician Fairness Act (S. 1776) would have replaced today's broken doctor payment system, which calls for a 21.5 percent cut in physician pay in January. The bill failed to pass a key procedural vote in the Senate today.
Maryland VOTED YES TO MOVE DOCTOR VOTED TO BLOCK DEBATE ON
ACCESS BILL TO DEBATE AND DOCTOR ACCESS BILL
Keywords: Medicare and Medicaid, Health Policy, Medicare, AARP Maryland.
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