OCT 09, 2014
House Members Push for Medicare SGR Repeal By Year’s End
By Christi Foist
Reps. Kurt Schrader, D-Ore., and Reid Ribble, R-Wis., are spearheading a bipartisan letter urging House leaders to act on Medicare physician payment reform before Congress adjourns this year. The letter to House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., highlights the unique opportunity to repeal the sustainable growth rate.