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Article: Family Physicians Laud Congress on Medicare Veto Override; Call on CA Legislators to Similarly Rescind Medi-Cal Cuts.
- Article from:
- Managed Care Weekly
- Article date:
- August 4, 2008
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The California Academy of Family Physicians today congratulated the state's Congressional delegation on protecting seniors' health care by overriding President Bush's veto of key Medicare legislation. Both the House and Senate yesterday rejected the President's attempt to block legislation canceling a 10.6% cut in physician pay that took effect July 1 in the federal Medicare program (see also The California Academy of Family Physicians).
The family physicians also called on members of the California Senate and Assembly to show the same compassion for poor and disabled patients by canceling the 10% Medi-Cal cut in physician pay that took effect here on July 1.
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