House passes Medicare 'doc fix,' 243-183

[ProSense]

House passes Medicare 'doc fix,' 243-183

By Molly K. Hooper

The House overwhelmingly approved a physician repayment bill to permanently fix the way doctors who cover Medicare patients are reimbursed.

Only one Republican member voted with Democrats for the bill that was approved 243-183.

Dr. Michael Burgess (R-Texas) endured intense lobbying efforts by his GOP colleagues to oppose the nearly quarter of a trillion dollar bill that Democrats do not offset.

Eleven Democrats joined 176 Republicans in opposing the bill that would fix what both parties described as a “flawed formula” for reimbursing doctors of Medicare patients.

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House Roll Call (11 Dems voting with GOP)

Baird
Boren
Cooper
Edwards (TX)
Herseth Sandlin
Kosmas
Lipinski
McMahon
Peterson
Smith (WA)
Taylor


From October:

Senate Shoots Down Permanent Doc-Fix Bill

The vote count was 47 to 53 — 13 votes shy of the 60 needed to defeat a GOP filibuster.

Roll call



Bayh (D-IN)
Byrd (D-WV)
Conrad (D-ND)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Feingold (D-WI)
Kohl (D-WI)
McCaskill (D-MO)
Nelson (D-FL)
Tester (D-MT)
Warner (D-VA)
Webb (D-VA)
Wyden (D-OR)

[Kdillard]

1. So what happens now?

[ProSense]

2. Conference, but who knows it if will make it into the final bill. n/t

[Kdillard]

3. Thanks. I don't know if I can be supportive of this until we figure out a

way to pay for it.