After
failing in October to shift $247 billion in the cost of
health care legislation to a seperate bill that would avoid
scheduled cuts to doctor's payments under Medicare, House
Democrats have
inserted a measure in the must-past defense appropriations
bill that would delay the cuts.
In 1998, Congress voted to contain the growth rate of doctors
payments through Medicare, but it has consistently voted to avoid
the cuts under pressure from doctors' groups. This reality
undermines Democratic claims that Congress will actually be able
to enact the hundreds of billions in proposed cuts to Medicare
that are essential to the larger health care bill being deficit
neutral.
Unable to pass a long-term measure on the issue, Democrats have
tacked onto the $636 billion defense appropriations bill a
measure that would
delay the scheduled doctor payment cuts until Feb. 28, so
that they can deal with the issue next year. Having passed the
House, the bill now moves to the Senate, where it has to pass by
tomorrow to keep funds flowing to the military.
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