Super Committee Republicans Offer Deal On Tax Revenues That Includes Medicare Changes

Jackie Judd talks with KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey what Medicare changes would be part of the latest proposal from super committee Republicans to strike a deficit reduction deal. Also in the background is the status of a $300 billion fix of the sustainable growth rate formula that determines how much Medicare doctors get paid.

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<h1>Super Committee Republicans Offer Deal On Tax Revenues That Includes Medicare Changes</h1>
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			November 9, 2011		</time>
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