Video: Senate Reaches Deal On 12-Month Medicare ‘Doc Fix’

December 9, 2010

Mary Agnes Carey, Kaiser Health News; Jackie Judd, Kaiser Family Foundation

Lawmakers have a tentative deal to stop scheduled Medicare physician payments for one year. Meanwhile, in Texas a new study shows that the state would lose $15 billion of federal funds in one year if it left the Medicaid program.

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Video: Senate Reaches Deal On 12-Month Medicare ‘Doc Fix’

December 9, 2010

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      <strong>Mary Agnes Carey</strong>, Kaiser Health News; <strong>Jackie Judd</strong>, <a href="http://www.kff.org/">Kaiser Family Foundation</a></p>
<p>Lawmakers have a tentative deal to stop scheduled Medicare physician payments for one year. Meanwhile, in Texas a new study shows that the state would lose $15 billion of federal funds in one year if it left the Medicaid program.</p>
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