Veterans gt screwed by Da Dims, again
Just Foolin' on 21% Medicare/TRICARE Cut?
With a 21% cut in Medicare and TRICARE payments to doctors coming on Monday, March 1, unless Congress changes current law, Congress seems to be preparing to act - temporarily.
[With this 21% cut in reimburable costs to providers, the quality of the care for retirees is going to decline. Don't be too surprised if some doctors start refusing to treat TRICARE patients, as they will also start to decline treating Medicare patients.]
Because senators haven't been able to agree on a longer-term fix yet, the latest plan would extend the deadline one month -- until April Fool's Day - [the irony is not lost on the aware!] to gain more time to win consensus. House leaders have cleared the way to pass the measure after the Senate does so, likely sometime this weekend. The Senate already would have cleared it earlier this week by a "unanimous consent" procedure, but Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY) objected. So now the Senate has to go through a lengthier formal process.
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