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Budget chief: Docs fees not paid for in Obama bill
breitbart ^ | 7/21/09 | DAVID ESPO

Posted on 07/21/2009 3:19:31 PM PDT by Nachum

WASHINGTON (AP) - A senior administration official says billions of dollars to raise fees for doctors treating Medicare patients are not covered by President Barack Obama's pledge to pay for health care legislation. Budget Director Peter Orszag said Tuesday that's because the administration always assumed the money would be spent to prevent a cut of more than 20 percent in doctor fees.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bhohealthcare; budget; chief; docs; fees; medicare; orszag; physicians
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To: Nachum

Old Soviet saying: We pretend to work, the gov’t pretends to pay us.
New 0bama saying: The gov’t pretends to heal us, we pretend to pay for “care”


21 posted on 07/21/2009 5:39:09 PM PDT by Steven Tyler
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To: EagleUSA

BTTT


22 posted on 07/21/2009 5:48:40 PM PDT by Unicorn (Too many wimps around.)
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