medicare bill

WASHINGTON -- The ink was barely dry on President Bush's veto of the bill that blocked a scheduled 10.6% cut in Medicare payments to physicians when the House of Representatives voted 383-41 to override it.

The Senate followed suit soon after, by a vote of 70-26.

(American College of Physicians) "Today President Bush MUST join with the large bipartisan majorities in both houses of Congress who have listened to concerned patients and doctors by approving H.R. 6331, and sign this bill into law today—the final day left until Medicare is expected to begin processing claims with devastating cuts in payment for physician services," Jeffrey P.

Harris, MD, FACP, president of the American College of Physicians emphasized today.