Senators Plan Effort To Repeal Independent Payment Advisory Board
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, plans to reintroduce legislation to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board, established by the health care reform law to take some of the congressional politics out of efforts to curb Medicare spending growth.
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