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Re: FRI House passes Medicare bill but obstacles remain From: Douglas Krell (dkrell@msn.com) Thu Jun 26 23:32:43 2008 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Laureano Folgar: "Re: Linguistics" Previous message: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: FRI House passes Medicare bill but obstacles remain" In reply to: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: FRI House passes Medicare bill but obstacles remain" Next in thread: art fougner, md: "Re: FRI House passes Medicare bill but obstacles remain" Tonight, by a vote of 58 to 40, the Senate failed to proceed to and adopt the "Medicare Improvements to Patients and Providers Act" (H.R. 6331). 60 votes were needed to pass the bill. In a procedural move, Sen. Reid changed his vote to "No" so that he could call the bill up at a future date. Therefore the measure fell one vote short of being adopted. We will forward the roll call when it is available later tonight.(from Randy Marshall. New Mexico Medical Society) -- Douglas Krell MD Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:19:27 -0500 From: DoctorJoe@aol.com To: ob-gyn-l@mail.obgyn.net Subject: Re: FRI House passes Medicare bill but obstacles remain In a message dated 6/26/08 2:21:52 PM, GIN11153@aol.com writes: First, the good news: The House voted 355 to 59 this week in favor of legislation that would eliminate the proposed 10.6% reduction in Medicare payments for 18 months. However, there are still a few obstacles to enacting the legislation. The bill now goes to the Senate where the vote is expected to be much tighter. And if it passes in its current form, the White House has threatened a veto because the bill includes cuts to Medicare Advantage. The Senate is scheduled to vote later today, but if legislation isn't passed by the end of this week, the cut will go into effect and the Senate won't reconvene until July 9 because of the Independence Day recess. What's the problem? The Supreme Court says we can have guns in our homes. Joe P. Chuck Norris played Russian Roulette with a fully loaded gun ... and won. Next message: Laureano Folgar: "Re: Linguistics" Previous message: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: FRI House passes Medicare bill but obstacles remain" In reply to: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: FRI House passes Medicare bill but obstacles remain" Next in thread: art fougner, md: "Re: FRI House passes Medicare bill but obstacles remain"

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