Congress rejects veto of bill to halt Medicare payment cuts
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WASHINGTON - President Bush on Tuesday vetoed a bill protecting doctors from a Medicare pay cut, but both houses of Congress swiftly overrode the veto with large bipartisan majorities, so the bill is now law. (article 8)
Hours later, the House and Senate voted to override the veto, making the Medicare measure the fourth bill to become legislation over Mr. Bush's opposition. (article 9)
The White House supports rescinding the pay cut, but objects to the way the legislation would finance the plan, largely by reducing spending on private health plans. (article 4)
By enacting the measure over Bush's objections, Congress rescinded an 11 percent reduction in government payments to doctors treating elderly Medicare patients. (article 2)
The bill would offset the cost to the government of restoring the doctors' pay by cutting payments to big insurers, such as UnitedHealth Group Inc and Aetna Inc, which have contracts with the Medicare program. (article 2)
The new law stops a 10.6 percent cut in Medicare payments to doctors, part of a scheduled cost-saving formula that went into effect July 1. (article 3)
Democrats and Republicans agree that the formula for paying doctors is broken, but fixing it would be phenomenally expensive, they say. (article 1)
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Medicare, doctors, bill, veto, legislation |
Source articles
- Long-Term Fix Is Elusive in Medicare Payments (nytimes.com, 07/13/2008, 874 words)
- Congress overrides Bush's Medicare veto (Washington Post, 07/15/2008, 510 words)
- Congress rejects veto of bill to halt Medicare payment cuts (CNN, 07/15/2008, 801 words)
- ABC News: Bush Vetoes Medicare Bill (ABCNews, 07/15/2008, 338 words)
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > POLITICS (FOX News, 07/15/2008, 909 words)
- Congress overrides veto of Medicare payment bill - (baltimoresun.com, 07/15/2008, 659 words)
- Health Highlights: (Washington Post, 07/15/2008, 200 words)
- Congress, Overriding Bush, Blocks Pay Cut for Doctors (nytimes.com, 07/16/2008, 748 words)
- Congress Overrides Bush’s Veto on Medicare (nytimes.com, 07/16/2008, 499 words)
- News for Dallas, Texas (dallasnews.com, 07/15/2008, 73 words)
- Congress gains time on Medicare cuts - (baltimoresun.com, 07/15/2008, 392 words)
- Medicare billings tracked to 14 dead doctors here... (suntimes.com, 07/14/2008, 409 words)
- The Dallas Morning News (dallasnews.com, 07/15/2008, 630 words)
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