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Archive Home > 2008 > June > 18 > Medicare rate cut looms as bill stalls in Senate

Medicare rate cut looms as bill stalls in Senate

Payments to doctors may drop 10 percent

By Keith Chu / The Bulletin
June 18, 2008

WASHINGTON — Oregon doctors have long complained that they’re not reimbursed enough under Medicare. Now, unless Congress acts before the end of the month, their payments for many Medicare patients will fall by more than 10 percent.

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