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WASHINGTON -- Congress could tap into the overpayments made to Medicare Advantage plans to help offset the cost of adequately reimbursing Medicare physicians, House Democrats proposed at a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce health subcommittee.
Cost has always been the obstacle to improving the physician payment situation, Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.), ranking member of the Energy and Commerce Committee said in a statement. "With little room for increased government spending, authorizing tens of billions of extra dollars for physician services seems out...
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