With just hours to spare, Congress stepped Monday to finalize
legislation to prevent doctors who treat Medicare patients from being
hit with a 24 percent cut in their payments from the government.
The Senate's 64-35 vote sends a measure to delay the cuts for a year to
President Barack Obama, who's expected to quickly sign it. The House
passed the measure last week.
The $21 billion measure would stave off a 24 percent cut in Medicare
reimbursements to doctors for a year and extend dozens of other expiring
health care provisions such as higher payment rates for rural
hospitals. The legislation is paid for by cuts to health care providers,
but fully half of the cuts won't kick in for 10 years.
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