Dems may add health provisions – including COBRA subsidies and Medicare fixes – to jobs bill
Lawmakers may include a number of Medicare “fixes” in the jobs bill, now that the health overhaul bill has stalled, The Hill reports. They would include restoring Medicare provisions that expired Jan. 1 or are set to expire later this year. “Nursing homes and rehabilitation therapy providers, along with patient groups, are pushing legislation to undo a hard-dollar cap on Medicare coverage of…