House Physician Pay Bill Cheaper Than Senate Version, But Lacks Extenders
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
A pair of late-January estimates by the Congressional Budget Office of SGR reform bills prices the Senate Finance committee’s SGR bill at $150.4 billion and the House Ways and Means Committee’s version at $121 billion, but the House bill lacks important Medicare and Medicaid extenders due to expire soon.
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