DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2009 Issue 12 (December)

House uses defense appropriations bill to delay SGR cut until March 1

The House of Representatives approved a defense appropriations bill that includes a two-month delay to the 21.29% pay cut now scheduled to hit your payments on Jan. 1. What do your Medicare payments have to do with Department of Defense spending? Nothing. The bill, which passed on Dec. 16, was a "vehicle" for lawmakers to attach the amendment. It now needs to pass the Senate before going on for the president's signature.

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