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Surgeons Urge Congress to Modify Spending Bill to Halt Entire Medicare Cut

  • Reimbursement and Practice Management
  • Representative Nancy Pelosi
    Speaker of the House
  • Representative Kevin McCarthy
    House Minority Leader
  • Senator Charles Schumer
    Senate Majority Leader
  • Senator Mitch McConnell
    Senate Minority Leader
  • Senator Ron Wyden
    Chairman, Finance Committee
  • Senator Mike Crapo
    Ranking Member, Finance Committee
  • Representative Richard Neal
    Chairman, Ways and Means Committee
  • Representative Kevin Brady
    Ranking Member, Ways and Means Committee
  • Representative Frank Pallone
    Chairman, Energy and Commerce Committee
  • Representative Cathy McMorris Rogers
    Ranking Member, Energy and Commerce Committee

Dear Congressional Leadership:

On behalf of the undersigned organizations representing surgeons and anesthesiologists, we are extremely disappointed in the language related to Medicare physician payment included in the omnibus bill that was released early this morning. The decision by congressional leadership to allow Medicare to cut physicians’ payment will further exacerbate the significant financial hardships doctors are already facing due to record inflation and high practice costs and undermine Medicare’s ability to deliver on its promise to seniors and future generations. Further, these cuts will also exacerbate disparities in access to care and health outcomes among rural and minority populations.

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