Anders Gilberg, a senior VP at the Medical Group Management Association, heard National Public Radio commentators discussing the "doc fix" on his commute to Washington, D.C., the other day. Gilberg ...
Having failed to pass standalone legislation to repeal Obamacare and replace it with something that at least works, Congress is again approaching national healthcare policy from the fringes inward.
Remember how President Obama insisted, again and again, that “if you like your current plan, you can keep it.” Remember the anger and derision with which he and his administration attacked people who ...
WASHINGTON — House members repeatedly patted themselves on the back Thursday for passing a permanent fix to a broken Medicare funding formula, after years of “kicking the can down the road.” But even ...
One area in which Congress has acted in a bipartisan manner is in crafting a permanent solution to the "doc fix," the sustainable growth rate formula. The latest - a bill to repeal and replace the SGR ...
Your editorial "The 'Doc Fix' Follies" (March 15) calls for repeal of the 1997 Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) law. This futile attempt at Medicare cost control through cutting doctor-fee payments was ...