White House Backs SGR Bill As Senate Finance Dems, Some Advocates Hold Out

Increasing pressure on Senate Democrats to back bipartisan House SGR legislation, the White House on Wednesday (March 25) threw its support behind the bill to replace the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate formula. However, advocates for seniors complain that the legislation relies too heavily on Medicare beneficiaries to pay the cost of reforming the Medicare physician payment system, and advocates for children want a longer funding extension for the Children's Health Insurance Program. Provider lobbyists also worry that members of the...