Capitol Chronicle: House and Senate Pass Fix...For Now

With efforts to approve a comprehensive JOBS bill stalled in the Senate, on June 18 the House passed a stand-alone bill (H.R. 3962) that restores the 21.3 percent Medicare reimbursement cut to physicians and provides a 2.2 percent increase in Medicare physician payments through November 30. The bill passed 471 in favor and only one opposed.