SGR Bill Runs Into Trouble With Senate Republicans

Updated Story The Medicare physician-pay reform bill that the House overwhelmingly passed Thursday (March 26) is running in to opposition from a handful of Republicans in the Senate, and the Senate did not pass the bill before recessing. Senate Finance Committee Democrats over the weekend threatened to vote against the bill to replace the Sustainable Growth Rate formula, but lobbyists say Democrats are no longer the biggest obstacle. “I would urge my colleagues, let’s do a...