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Democrats to Revisit Medicare Provisions « Thread Started on

PostPosted: Sat Jan 28, 2012 4:03 pm
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Democrats to Revisit Medicare Provisions « Thread Started on Sept 19, 2007, 4:26pm » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Democrats to Revisit Medicare Provisions By Sarah Lueck read at source> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1190166 ... WASHINGTON -- Cuts in Medicare payments to private health insurers won't be included in a children's health bill Democrats hope to send to President Bush next week, but a top senator is vowing to return to the issue later in the year.House Democrats, under heavy pressure to reach final agreement with the Senate and send a bill to Mr. Bush before Sept. 30, when the children's health program is due to expire, have agreed to drop Medicare-related provisions they approved in their chamber's version of the bill.But Sen. Max Baucus (D., Mont.), the chairman of the Senate committee ...