As it has for quite some time now, the American Medical Association is continuing to fight for legislation that would halt planned cuts to physician Medicare payments, holding a rally this week on Capitol Hill to press its point. It's urging Congress to quickly pass legislation sponsored by Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) that would hold the planned 10 percent cuts off for 18 months, replacing them with stable payments in 2008 and a 1.8 percent rise in 2009. Without such a bill in place, the 10 percent cut would begin on July 1 of this year. The AMA and its allies have been successful in forestalling or managing  similar cuts for five years now. Wonder if the sustainable-growth-rate formula will win this time?
To learn more about the struggle over Medicare cuts:
- read this Modern Healthcare piece (reg. req.)
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