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Bush will veto Medicare bill
By Larry Lipman
| Thursday, July 10, 2008, 04:05 PM
President Bush intends to veto a Medicare bill that would avert a 10.6 percent pay cut for doctors, a White House spokesman said today.
The statement came a day after the Senate, on its third try, overcame procedural roadblocks set by the Republicans on a 69-30 vote — two more than necessary to override a veto.
Last month, the House passed the bill 355-59, well above the two-thirds margin needed for an override.
White House spokesman Tony Fratto told reporters at the daily noon briefing that Bush would veto the bill because he objected to the way Congress paid for averting the physician pay cut.
The bill would reduce payments to private managed care Medicare Advantage plans by nearly $14 billion over five years. Bush has previously opposed cuts in Medicare Advantage payments although the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission has repeatedly said the plans are overpaid.
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