The way Medicare pays doctors is a mess. Every year or so, an automatic pay cut looms, and Congress scrambles to come up with a last-minute, temporary patch to block the cuts. The most recent scramble ended in July, when Congress overrode a presidential veto to pass a patch that runs through the end of next year.
Everybody knows this is a silly way to run things, but nobody’s managed to come up with a better alternative. At hearing in Congress yesterday, a few key players tried to move in that direction.
Several key figures are trying to make some changes.
