Hidden Senate Medicare tweak shifts 18 billion to seniors
A provision tucked into the Medicare bill reallocates over 18 billion in federal costs for clinical laboratory tests to beneficiaries. Medicare recipients would face large new out of pocket payments to preserve current benefits.
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U.S. Senate
Charles Grassley
R-Ia
Max Baucus
D-Mt
American Association of Bioanalysts
American Association For Clinical Chemistry
American Medical Technologists
American Society For Clinical Laboratory Science
American Society For Microbiology
Clinical Laboratory Management Association