Dear Representatives Bera, Bucshon, Boyle, Holding, Ruiz, Roe, Finkenauer, and Marshall:
On behalf of the undersigned organizations representing surgeons across the United States, we
would like to express our support for the bipartisan Holding Providers Harmless From Medicare
Cuts During COVID-19 Act of 2020, H.R. 8702. Surgeons and anethesiologists across the
country face looming uncertainty — in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic — about whether
their Medicare payments will be significantly decreased, beginning in January. This legislation
takes a critical step to provide stability for surgeons, anesthesiologists, their practices, and their
patients by holding physicians harmless from planned Medicare payment cuts.
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