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Defend America on Friday, March 19, 2010 9:18:03 PM
Medicare fix would push health care into the red
Rollback of Medicare cuts to doctors, if added to health care bill, push it into the red
On Friday March 19, 2010, 6:33 pm EDT
WASHINGTON
(AP) -- Congressional budget scorekeepers say a Medicare fix that
Democrats included in earlier versions of their health care bill would
push it into the red.
The
Congressional Budget Office said Friday that rolling back a programmed
cut in Medicare fees to doctors would cost $208 billion over 10 years.
If added back to the health care overhaul bill, it would wipe out all
the deficit reduction, leaving the legislation $59 billion in the red.
The
so-called doc fix was part of the original House bill. Because of its
high cost, Democrats decided to pursue it separately. Republicans say
the cost should not be ignored. Congress has usually waived the cuts to
doctors year by year.
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