2012-01-06 / Commentary

Lawmakers waste billions fumbling ‘Doc-Rate fix’

Military Update
TOM PHILPOTT
Syndicated columnist
Congress has known for a decade that the formula it set in 1997 for adjusting physician payments under Medicare — and, by extension, the fees paid to civilian doctors under TRICARE, the military’s health insurance program — is seriously flawed and can’t be allowed to take effect.
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