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Hopes Dim For Medicare Doctor Payment Fix This Year, Short-Term Patch Is Likely
Lawmakers may be giving up for this year on permanently fixing how Medicare pays doctors as lawmakers propose another patch to temporarily fix the Sustainable Growth Rate. The Ways and Means Committee, however, is readying to markup a bill next week that would permanently fix the SGR.
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