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Senate Approves Medicare Plan« Thread Started on Dec 19, 2007, 11:15pm » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Senate Approves Medicare PlanDecember 19, 2007 read at source> http://www.courant.com/business/hc-natb ... 1551.story A scheduled cut in Medicare payments to doctors will be postponed and a children's health insurance program will be extended at its current enrollment under a plan that the U.S. Senate approved Tuesday.If cleared by the House and signed by President Bush, the action would also spare U.S. health insurance companies from cuts to the Medicare Advantage program, which paid them $76.3 billion this year, according to a statement from the Senate Finance Committee.