One option being studied is limiting Medicare spending for physicians and hospitals based on adjusted national or regional averages.
By Doug Trapp, AMNews staff. Posted June 1, 2009.
Washington -- The Senate Finance Committee, fresh from public and private roundtable discussions on health system reform, appears on schedule to debate comprehensive legislation by mid-June. The measure is expected to establish a health insurance exchange for people to obtain coverage but would not include a long-term Medicare payment fix for physicians.
Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D, Mont.) said on May 21 that he is confident the panel will reach a bipartisan agreement on reform legislation. But committee members disagree on how to pay for provisions in the bill and on the need for a national public health insurance plan to compete with private plans, according to Baucus and Sen. Charles Grassley (Iowa), the highest-ranking Republican on the Finance panel.....
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