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<title>Tricare families may get burned</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177714509</link>
<pubDate>9 Jul 2008 07:09 GMT</pubDate>
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...  federal elected officials,&quot; he said. The Senate was expected to vote today on a Medicare bill that would block a 10.6 percent cut in payments to doctors who treat older  ...
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<title>Senate to vote on Medicare doctor cuts</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177708726</link>
<pubDate>9 Jul 2008 05:56 GMT</pubDate>
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...  its endorsement of Cornyn, though the organization once threw its weight behind the senator&apos;s Medicare bill. It&apos;s unclear whether other senators will change their votes. The White House has sounded  ...
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<title>Senate set to consider Medicare again today</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177706251</link>
<pubDate>9 Jul 2008 05:52 GMT</pubDate>
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...  endorsement of Cornyn, even though the association once threw its weight behind the senator&apos;s Medicare bill. It&apos;s unclear whether other senators will change their votes today. The White House has  ...
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<title>Getting a handle on Medicare</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177683967</link>
<pubDate>9 Jul 2008 02:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  of cutting fees. It has written the requirement into a series of budget and Medicare bills over the past 10 years. Most recently, such a provision was included in the  ...
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<title>Medicare Bidding Program Creates Major Problems for Physicians, Hospitals, and Beneficiaries Seeking</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177662026</link>
<pubDate>8 Jul 2008 23:15 GMT</pubDate>
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...  implementation for at least 18 months. The Senate is expected to vote on the Medicare bill that contains the reforms to the bidding program, H.R. 6331, as early as Wednesday.  ...
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<title>Medicare Bidding Program Creates Major Problems for Physicians, Hospitals, and Beneficiaries Seeking Home Medical Equipm</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177659298</link>
<pubDate>8 Jul 2008 22:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  implementation for at least 18 months. The Senate is expected to vote on the Medicare bill that contains the reforms to the bidding program, H.R. 6331, as early as Wednesday.  ...
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<title>Medicare Bidding Program Creates Major Problems for Physicians, Hospitals, and Beneficiaries Seeking Home Medical Equipment</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177654817</link>
<pubDate>8 Jul 2008 21:52 GMT</pubDate>
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...  implementation for at least 18 months. The Senate is expected to vote on the Medicare bill that contains the reforms to the bidding program, H.R. 6331, as early as Wednesday.  ...
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<title>CMS to face legal threat if Congress cancels host of equipment contracts</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177650210</link>
<pubDate>8 Jul 2008 21:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  The language to delay the program, authored by Stark, became part of a larger Medicare bill that overwhelmingly passed the House but is mired in a partisan dispute in the  ...
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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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...  Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) rejected Republican pleas for opportunities to amend a controversial Medicare bill, saying that if doctors&amp;rsquo; payments get slashed because of an impasse, the GOP will  ...
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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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...  focus on compromise legislation that Baucus and Grassley were nearly finished with when the Medicare bill passed the House by a veto-proof margin, which sent the compromise measure to the  ...
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<title>Burr, McHenry&apos;s votes threaten Medicare future</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177590277</link>
<pubDate>8 Jul 2008 14:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  The Senator must vote yes on limiting debate and yes on passage of the Medicare bill, H.R. 6331. Without such a vote, we&apos;re all at risk of losing our health  ...
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<title>Sen. Cornyn Calls On Democratic Leadership To Address Long-Term Solution To Medicare Payment System</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177549869</link>
<pubDate>8 Jul 2008 11:31 GMT</pubDate>
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... With the Medicare reform debate expected to return to the Senate this week, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas,  ...
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<title>Texas doctors still at odds with state&apos;s GOP senators over Medicare</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177543125</link>
<pubDate>8 Jul 2008 10:53 GMT</pubDate>
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...  indicated that they may put Republicans on the spot and bring back up the Medicare bill by the end of the week. The Democrats need to gain one vote to  ...
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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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...  bill to help homeowners avoid foreclosure, a Medicare bill to reverse a planned 10.6 percent cut  ...  accused Republicans of blocking the housing and Medicare bills and of stalling Democratic tax breaks for  ...
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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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...  calendar for this year and is awaiting Senate action on the housing bill, the Medicare bill and an update of rules for government eavesdropping on suspected terrorist communications under the  ...
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