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Finally, Congress OKs bill reshaping Medicare doctors’ fees
Conservatives hated that it’s expected to swell federal deficits over the coming decade. Liberals complained that it shortchanged health programs for children and women.
Members of Congress join House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, as he signs a bipartisan bill, H.R. 2, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 16, which blocks a 21 percent cut in Medicare payments that was due to take effect this month, and it revamps how physicians will be paid in the future.
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