Congress overrides Bush's veto on Medicare bill
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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The bill, called the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, would halt a scheduled 10.6 percent cut in payments to physicians and instead institute a 1.1 percent payment increase in 2009. (article 1)
The override vote in the House was a lopsided 383-41, easily meeting the two-thirds threshold needed to nullify the president's veto. (article 4)
Bush said the cuts to insurers would harm the managed-care program, which his administration sees as giving seniors more choices and eventually leading to lower health costs for the federal government. (article 3)
Doctors gave nearly $100,000 to U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in the second quarter, then watched in fury as he voted against delaying a cut in their Medicare pay. (article 5)
WASHINGTON (CNN) Congress voted to halt planned cuts in Medicare payments to doctors Tuesday, overriding President Bush's veto in a battle that pitted health insurers against physicians. (article 2)
The program has identified about $1.03 billion in "improper" payments over three years, mostly in New York, California and Florida, the newspaper said. (article 8)
The Senate panel studied claims of 1,500 deceased doctors and found the 14 Chicago area doctors had their ID numbers used to bill Medicare for more than $3,000 between 2000 and 2007. (article 7)
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Medicare, doctors, veto, bill, override |
Source articles
- Congress overrides Bush's veto on Medicare bill (boston.com, 07/16/2008, 535 words)
- Congress rejects veto of bill to halt Medicare payment cuts (CNN, 07/15/2008, 801 words)
- Congress readily blocks Bush's veto of Medicare bill (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 07/16/2008, 326 words)
- Congress votes to override veto on Medicare bill (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 07/16/2008, 889 words)
- News for Dallas, Texas (dallasnews.com, 07/16/2008, 112 words)
- Health Highlights: (Washington Post, 07/15/2008, 200 words)
- Medicare billings tracked to 14 dead doctors here... (suntimes.com, 07/14/2008, 409 words)
- Health Highlights: (Washington Post, 07/14/2008, 183 words)
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