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<title>Inbox Robot: Medicare - Nevada News</title>
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<title>Next budget expected to be cut to the bone</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177734704</link>
<pubDate>9 Jul 2008 09:51 GMT</pubDate>
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...  rising public school enrollments, higher caseloads for Medicare and other social programs and higher wages  ...  to be the worst budget cuts for Nevada state government since the Great Depression, said  ...
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<title>Partisan fight over Medicare could render seniors victims</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177734699</link>
<pubDate>9 Jul 2008 09:51 GMT</pubDate>
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...  pay cut, an unintended consequence of new Medicare reimbursement formulas since 2001. But this year,  ...  said Larry Matheis, executive director of the Nevada State Medical Association. Last month, the House  ...
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<title>Doctors bemoan federal pay cut</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177727397</link>
<pubDate>9 Jul 2008 09:13 GMT</pubDate>
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...  he figures he gets only $900 from Medicare for a hysterectomy these days. &amp;rdquo;We haven&apos;t  ...  Monday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada urged his colleagues to rally behind the  ...
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<title>Sununu defends doctors&apos; fee-cut vote</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177704404</link>
<pubDate>9 Jul 2008 05:34 GMT</pubDate>
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...  in fees paid to doctors who treat Medicare patients. &quot;If there is no change, then  ...  reports, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, of Nevada, rejected a compromise that Sens. Max Baucus,  ...
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<title>Medicare cut may be reconsidered</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177676173</link>
<pubDate>9 Jul 2008 01:15 GMT</pubDate>
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...  to temporarily bypass a flaw in the Medicare reimbursement system will be tolerated only so  ...  to physicians. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has pledged to bring the bill up  ...
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<title>Dems to target McCain for Medicare non-vote</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177668677</link>
<pubDate>9 Jul 2008 00:15 GMT</pubDate>
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...  (R-Ariz.) for the chamber&amp;rsquo;s failure to advance Medicare legislation. The measure that would avert a  ...  with that,&amp;rdquo; Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said. The same may be true for  ...
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<title>Reid rules out Medicare amendments</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177638833</link>
<pubDate>8 Jul 2008 20:11 GMT</pubDate>
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... Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) rejected Republican pleas for opportunities to amend  ...  pleas for opportunities to amend a controversial Medicare bill, saying that if doctors&amp;rsquo; payments get  ...
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<title>Senate Republicans Under Pressure From American Medical Association To Pass Legislation That Would Stop Medicare Physician Fee Cut</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177626101</link>
<pubDate>8 Jul 2008 18:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  office of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said that the Senate on Tuesday or  ...  that would avert a 10.6% reduction to Medicare physician fees that was scheduled to take  ...
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<title>Capitol Hill Watch - Medicare Physician Pay Patch Bill Might Gain Enough Votes for Cloture in Senate, Baucus Say</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177615304</link>
<pubDate>8 Jul 2008 17:14 GMT</pubDate>
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... Capitol Hill Watch | Medicare Physician Pay Patch Bill Might Gain Enough  ...  spokesperson for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said that the Senate will again vote  ...
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<title>Pro-pharmacy bill falters</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177597359</link>
<pubDate>8 Jul 2008 15:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  bill, which also would have maintained existing Medicare payment levels for doctors. Supporters in the  ...  Democrats refused. Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada said that burying the bill, which would  ...
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<title>Doctors say no to Medicare cuts</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177557536</link>
<pubDate>8 Jul 2008 11:59 GMT</pubDate>
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...  he figures he gets only $900 from Medicare for a hysterectomy these days. &quot;We haven&apos;t  ...  quickly. Yesterday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., urged his colleagues to rally behind the  ...
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<title>GOP intensifies call for offshore drilling</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177540117</link>
<pubDate>8 Jul 2008 10:28 GMT</pubDate>
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...  tax breaks to develop alternative energy. , Nevada Democrat, instead touted bipartisan proposals aimed at  ...  bill to help homeowners avoid foreclosure, a Medicare bill to reverse a planned 10.6 percent  ...
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<title>Capitol calendar</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177540111</link>
<pubDate>8 Jul 2008 10:28 GMT</pubDate>
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...  final passage. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, also will try this week to  ...  Congress, says the change will help fight Medicare fraud and abuse. Democrats and Republicans agree  ...
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<title>Medicare cuts are ill-advised</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177538553</link>
<pubDate>8 Jul 2008 10:18 GMT</pubDate>
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...  American Medical Association? Unless Congress acts quickly, Medicare will be forced to cut its payments  ...  Senate reconvened Monday, Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said he planned another vote this week.  ...
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<title>Doctors want Congress to rescind pay-cut plan</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177527925</link>
<pubDate>8 Jul 2008 07:36 GMT</pubDate>
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...  he figures he gets only $900 from Medicare for a hysterectomy these days. &apos;&apos;We haven&apos;t  ...  Monday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada urged his colleagues to rally behind the  ...
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