tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2003 Issue 43

Medicare Reform: MANY ISSUES STILL UNRESOLVED WITH TIME RUNNING OUT

Final bill looking increasingly unlikely.  Congressional Medicare negotiators are not giving up, but the odds seem relatively long against a conference report emerging, and even longer against any report passing in both the House and Senate. For the first time last week, conferees who have been relentlessly optimistic in their public comments sounded pessimistic notes. The negotiators might "agree to disagree," conference chair Bill Thomas (R-CA) told reporters Nov. 4. The conference remains deadlocked on huge issues like premium support - the House plan that would put traditional Medicare into direct competition with private plans - and...

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