This is not a partisan article. Both Democrats and Republicans have been fast and loose with taxpayer money. That fact is about to catch up with us as the rest of the world debates moving away from the dollar as the global currency. So what does Congress do--lie to us about increaseing spending!
According to The Hill in its Blog Briefing Room, Senate Democrats are planning to reform
According to the article:
"The so-called "doc fix" -- which lawmakers typically pass every year -- combats staggering, annual decreases in Medicare reimbursement payments to physicians and hospitals. Democrats this year want to pass a robust, $250-billion, 10-year overhaul of the formula used to determine those payments, but Republicans are growing increasingly concerned by how lawmakers plan to pay for it -- an argument Hatch advanced again on Friday."
The "doc fix" is needed on a regular basis to insure that doctors do not stop taking Medicare patients. The "doc fix" is one Medicare expense that will continue to increase even if healthcare reform passes. The real problem with the healthcare bill is that it makes serious cuts in other areas of Medicare in order to insure young people who may or may not be able to afford health insurance. You really can't insure the entire population of the country without either increasing the total cost of insurance or making cuts somewhere. The current healthcare proposal has chosen to make cuts at the expense of senior citizens.
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