Not good news: ‘Doc Fix’ Continues to Vex Senate Leaders

[ind_thinker2]

http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_44/news/39716-1.html

Democrats and Republicans traded heated barbs Tuesday over Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) plan to push through a $245 billion extension of Medicare physician payments, accusing each other of trying to use the popular program for political gain.

The fighting left the future of the “doc fix” in doubt, particularly as an increasing number of Democrats started to line up against it and top Democrats conceded they do not have the votes to block a "bipartisan filibuster".

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another article

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/64019-dem-thumbs-down-to-reid-doctors-deal

A group of Senate Democrats is threatening to derail a deal Majority Leader Harry Reid offered to doctors in exchange for their support of President Barack Obama’s healthcare initiative.


Sens. Kent Conrad (N.D.), Evan Bayh (Ind.), Russ Feingold (Wis.), Tom Carper (Del.) and Claire McCaskill (Mo.) on Tuesday voiced opposition to separate legislation that would freeze scheduled cuts in Medicare payments to doctors for the next 10 years.

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I donot see landeriu here.

[katandmoon]

1. Screw the public! Throw more money at the banks!

[ind_thinker2]

2. This maybe related to Robust public option tied to medicare rates