House Votes to Postpone Medicare Cuts
The House voted to postpone planned cuts in Medicare payments, according to the Washington Post.
By a surprisingly large bipartisan margin, the House voted yesterday to postpone a planned cut in payments to physicians who treat Medicare patients by approving a reduction in payouts to private insurers.
The House approved legislation, on a 355 to 59 vote, that forestalls a 10.6 percent cut in Medicare payments to doctors and hospitals for 18 months.
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The Post also has an article about some of the problems facing school nurses.
Still, the limited supply of school nurses is a public-health concern for a generation of students whose life expectancy, scientists say, might be shorter than their parents'. Nurses could lead efforts to prevent obesity, asthma, diabetes or substance abuse. But many are too overwhelmed by immediate needs to try.
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