Crapo Open To Using War Savings As SGR-Fix Offset, Signals Other Republicans Warming To Idea
Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID) told Inside Health Policy he is open to, though not necessarily supportive of, counting future reductions in war funding to pay for fixing the Sustainable Growth Rate formula that determines Medicare physician pay, and he said other GOP members may also be warming to the idea.
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