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As Shutdown Looms, Differences Persist On Payroll Tax Cut, Spending Bills
Among the items held up in the end-of-year negotiations is the Medicare physician reimubursement fix, which would prevent a 27 percent cut in doctor payments from taking effect. A House Republican plan to pay for the "doc fix" with dollars from the health law's prevention fund is opposed by some Democratic senators.
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