Ways And Means’ Legislative Priorities In Health: Medicare Structural Reform, SGR Repeal
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Rep. Kevin Brady, new chairman of the House panel’s Health Subcommittee, says he will move ahead with a premium support system for Medicare, an approach to reform favored by PhRMA. Savings generated by that change will offset the cost of repealing the sustainable growth rate formula for Medicare physician payments.