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 ap 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. On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 6:59 PM, DUG Nunya-Bidness <[email protected]> wrote: > CBO’s Health Care Report Is Very Good News for Reform Advocates > > http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/03/18/cbos-health-care-report-is-very-good-news-for-reform-advocates/ > > http://tinyurl.com/ygvs6h8 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "WebTV Dawgs/Dittos" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/webtv-pals?hl=en. > -- ~~~~~~~~~ ~~ J O N ~~ ~~~~~~~~~ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WebTV Dawgs/Dittos" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/webtv-pals?hl=en.
