Thursday, April 16, 2015

Well, lookey thar, the bill for the "Medicare Fix" was signed.

It actually made it through Congress. Now it has to be checked for unconstitutional content, especially in the amendments.

April 16, 2015
 
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama (click here) signed a bill into law on Thursday that repairs the formula for reimbursing Medicare physicians after Congress, in rare bipartisan fashion, passed a fix earlier this week to prevent a 21 percent cut in doctors' pay.
Sitting outside in the White House Rose Garden in his shirt sleeves, Obama said he was signing the bill now rather than waiting for a formal ceremony so it could go into force right away.
"This was a bipartisan effort," Obama said, adding he hoped the practice of Republicans and Democrats working together would become a habit on Capitol Hill.
"Because we wanted to make sure doctors' payments didn't get cut off, I'm signing it now."...