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June 12, 2008 at 01:27 PM
Republicans in the Senate today blocked action on a bill that would cut spending on Medicare Advantage by $13 billion over 5 years.
Members of Congress are scrambling to pass an alternative Medicare Advantage bill, to avert an 11% cut in Medicare physician fees that is scheduled to take effect July 1.
The bill that stalled is S. 3101, the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act.
The sponsor of S. 3101, Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, needed 60 votes to overcome procedural obstacles to getting the bill to the floor but could muster only 54 votes.
