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The Medicare Doc Fix: The Problem That Won’t Go Away
While Congress recently “solved” the Medicare physician payment problem, its solution was only a temporary fix to a long-running challenge.
The latest solution will last only until the end of 2012, which means Congress will need to tackle the problem again in November, in its lame-duck session after the presidential election.
Why does this problem arise so frequently and why can’t it be solved once and for all? Kaiser Health News considers this and more in “FAQ: The ‘Doc Fix’ Dilemma,” which can he found here
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