I was just watching CNN and the word is the Senator Ted came on in to cast his vote, he got a standing "O", and the senate passed the thing with a veto proof majority!!! Amazing, sometimes these bozos can almost get it right...
They still can't pay a PCP worth a darn for their hard work although we really need to include the AMA and their RUC for much of this seeing that the RUC was formed so as to "assist" and lobby congress to inform them of how to properly value these things. But at least we all don't have to start dismissing Medicare patients quite yet, soon but not quite yet. I'm still not sure we are going to accept any new ones though. Gee a whole 1.5% increase.. They really seem to love that amount 1.5% for increase. Like with their P4P too...
we still need major fee reform for office visit based specialties like primary care, endo and the like.
