Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
President's Budget Challenge: Show Fiscal Discipline While Funding Health Law's Implementation
President Barack Obama's budget plan includes a two-year Medicare "doc-fix" that uses heavy cuts in other health payments to stave-off a scheduled 25 percent reduction in Medicare physician reimbursements. Meanwhile, news outlets also report the plan "avoids" tackling entitlement spending.
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