Clean CR Still Most Likely Outcome As Docs Rally For Help

While lawmakers and other sources say Congress is on track to vote next week on a “clean” continuing resolution (CR) that will fund the government through the end of the fiscal year and include some health care extenders, Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC) is still fighting to include his bill that would replace a nearly 3% Medicare pay cut for physicians with a pay increase -- and has said he won’t support a CR without it. Murphy has said pharmacy benefit...