Senate action on Medicare MD Pay Bill might be delayed due to Medicaid, war funding efforts, AARP lobbyist says
Monday, May 5th, 2008
Senate action on legislation to delay a 10.6% Medicare physician fee cut might take a back seat to a supplemental spending bill for the Iraq war and a measure to delay new medicaid regulations, AARP’s lead lobbyist said on Friday, CQ HealthBeat reports. Kirsten Sloan, head of AARP’s health legislative team, said efforts on the other two bills might delay the Medicare package until late May or…