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Senate overwhelmingly approves House 'doc fix' bill
The Hill ^ | 04/14/2015 | PETER SULLIVAN AND SARAH FERRIS

Posted on 04/14/2015 6:56:21 PM PDT by GIdget2004

TheHill

HEALTHCARE April 14, 2015 - 09:45 PM EDT Senate overwhelmingly approves House 'doc fix' bill

 BY PETER SULLIVAN AND SARAH FERRIS 5 Shares TWEET SHARE MORE The Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a $200 billion Medicare reform package that will end a two-decade old headache for Congress known as the "doc fix."

The rare bipartisan vote, which passed 92-8, marks one of the biggest achievements yet from the newly GOP-controlled Congress. It will now head to President Obama, who has promised to sign the bill.

“It’s another reminder of a new Republican Congress that’s back to work,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wrote in a statement.

The nearly three-hour voting period began shortly after 7 p.m. on Tuesday, just before a key deadline that would have triggered double-digit cuts to Medicare doctors. The final votes were cast just before 10 p.m.

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1 posted on 04/14/2015 6:56:21 PM PDT by GIdget2004
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To: GIdget2004

A bipartisan agreement that socialist medicine is the American way.


2 posted on 04/14/2015 7:00:00 PM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Blog: www.BackwoodsEngineer.com)
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To: GIdget2004

GOP backs Zerocare.


3 posted on 04/14/2015 7:01:44 PM PDT by MaxMax (Call the local GOP and ask how you can support CRUZ for POTUS, Make them talk!)
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To: backwoods-engineer

Apparently, no roll call vote.


4 posted on 04/14/2015 7:02:09 PM PDT by johniegrad
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To: GIdget2004
“It’s another reminder of a new Republican Congress that’s back to work,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wrote in a statement.

Oh, happy days, Yertle. You just backed Obamacare.

Again.

5 posted on 04/14/2015 7:03:04 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg ("Politics is downstream from culture." -- Andrew Breitbart)
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6 posted on 04/14/2015 7:03:42 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: GIdget2004

Trillions more to Medicare, Medicaid, and ObamaCare. Our nation probably has only a few months left.


7 posted on 04/14/2015 7:06:20 PM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: GIdget2004

Senate Approves a Bill on Changes to Medicare
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3279267/posts

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday approved sweeping changes in the way Medicare pays doctors, clearing the bill for President Obama and resolving an issue that has bedeviled Congress and the Medicare program for more than a decade.

The 92-to-8 vote in the Senate, following passage in the House last month by an overwhelming vote of 392 to 37, was a major success for Republicans, who devised a solution to a complex policy problem that had frustrated lawmakers of both parties. Mr. Obama has endorsed the bill, saying it “could help slow health care cost growth.”

The bill, drafted in the House in negotiations between Speaker John A. Boehner and Representative Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader, also extends the Children’s Health Insurance Program for two years, through 2017.

Without action by Congress, doctors would have faced a 21 percent cut in Medicare fees on Wednesday or Thursday. Senate leaders cleared the way for final passage by allowing votes on several amendments sought by liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans.


8 posted on 04/14/2015 7:10:01 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: SkyPilot

That prediction will be easy to check ... we just wait a couple of months ... LOL ...


9 posted on 04/14/2015 7:11:17 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: GIdget2004

So what did they cut to fund this additional spending? Oh, wait, the Republicans are in charge, never mind.


10 posted on 04/14/2015 7:17:04 PM PDT by Yogafist
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To: GIdget2004

For your information ...

Eight senators opposed the bill, including Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Marco Rubio (R-Florida) who are both seeking the presidency in 2016. They were joined by Sens. Lee, David Perdue (R-Georgia), Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) and Richard Shelby (R-Ala).

Sen. Pand Paul (R-Ky.), another 2016 candidate, and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who is also considering a run, voted to support the bill.


11 posted on 04/14/2015 7:25:17 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: GIdget2004

92-8, we’re Greece. I see them long hard times to come.


12 posted on 04/14/2015 8:02:51 PM PDT by VinL (It is better to suffer every wrong, than to consent to wrong.)
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To: Star Traveler

You posted this crap on a similar thread as if it means something. To me, the Republicans who voted NO are heroes.


13 posted on 04/14/2015 8:10:42 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (ANYBODY BUT FRICKING JEB AND HILLARY)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

I thought it was useful information ... because that’s what people always want to know ... :-) ...


14 posted on 04/14/2015 8:13:01 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Star Traveler

No, you were trying to be cute, like your asinine “joke” accusing Governor Palin of shooting a black guy on that Walter Scott thread.


15 posted on 04/14/2015 8:20:06 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (ANYBODY BUT FRICKING JEB AND HILLARY)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist; Star Traveler

I thought it was useful info. It was what I wanted to know. I missed the joke about Palin and can’t see how this could be similar (or cute.) What did I miss?


16 posted on 04/14/2015 8:28:38 PM PDT by Gil4 (And the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, ax and saw)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

I guess you didn’t get the joke, there, with Palin ... eh? Try working on your sense of humor ... LOL ...


17 posted on 04/14/2015 8:29:51 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Gil4

It was a joke ... using Palin in a way that was ridiculous ... he forgot to laugh ... LOL ...

It was on another thread, weeks ago. He’s got a long memory and likes to hassle people on jokes he doesn’t get ... :-) ...


18 posted on 04/14/2015 8:32:14 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Star Traveler

Yeah, it was so funny that the Mods nuked it and your subsequent conments.

Slapping my knee here hysterically.


19 posted on 04/14/2015 8:35:01 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (ANYBODY BUT FRICKING JEB AND HILLARY)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Glad you “get the joke” now ... :-) ...


20 posted on 04/14/2015 8:36:34 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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