President Barack Obama signed into law today the long-debated "doc fix" that delays for 6 months a 21.3% cut in Medicare reimbursements to physicians and instead provides a 2.2% rate increase, retroactive to June 1.The only way out is for the individual to do what he or she can to remain or develop good health.
Obama signed the Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act of 2010 Friday morning before leaving for an economic summit in Toronto, Canada, the White House press office announced.
After months of debate and political wrangling, the House of Representatives, in a 417–1 vote, approved the $6.4 billion bill Thursday evening. The Senate had approved the 6-month reprieve in a voice vote on June 18.
Obama agreed with leaders of organized medicine that the last-minute temporary fix does not solve the perennial problem physicians face. The planned cut to physicians' payments "would have forced some doctors to stop seeing Medicare patients — an outcome we can all agree is unacceptable," he said in a statement issued by the White House. "Kicking these cuts down the road just isn't an adequate solution to the problem. The current system of recurring cuts and temporary fixes was passed into law more than 10 years ago. It's untenable.
"I believe we need to permanently reform the Medicare formula in a way that attacks our fiscal problems without punishing our hard-working doctors or endangering the benefits on which so many of our seniors rely," he said. "I look forward to working with Congress to achieve that goal, and I'm gratified that in the meantime they've taken the provisional step of blocking this pay cut."
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