Massachusetts Medical Law Report Blog

In a matter of hours today, President Bush vetoed the bill that was intended to stop the Medicare fee cut, and the House and Senate both overwhelmingly passed the bill again, overriding the veto.
Physicians here and everywhere are breathing a sigh of relief.
“Congress did the right thing again,” said Bruce Auerbach, M.D., president of the [...]

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Alas, President Bush has vetoed the bill that would have protected physicians from the impending Medicare fee cut.
More details soon.

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The Medicare fee cut can’t win, even if it took Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, despite battling a brain tumor, to seal the deal.
“I return to the Senate today to keep a promise to our senior citizens and that’s to protect Medicare,” Kennedy said in a statement . “Win, lose or draw, I wanted to [...]

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After the House blocked the bill that would cut physicians’ payments under Medicare by 10 percent, the Senate today failed just short of voting to consider the bill.
With Congress starting a one-week recess, it looks like the cut will go into effect — at least for now.
Knowing that Congress has blocked similar cuts at the [...]

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The House voted to block a proposed Medicare fee cut that is scheduled to go into effect on July 1. The measure would also increase Medicare payments to doctors by 1.1. percent next year.
Good news for doctors?
Not so fast — President Bush is threatening a veto because the the bill would reduce federal payments [...]

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