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- Bipartisan House Members Speak Out Against Medicare Cuts for Physicians, Call for Permanent Reform
The CAP and other physician groups reached out to members of the House of Representatives and asked them to speak out against the 2024 physician Medicare cuts after word that a stopgap spending bill, to fund part of the government until March 2024, did not include relief for physicians.
From January 10-17, 14 members of the House took to the floor and made impactful speeches against the cut to Medicare physician payments.
Rep. Ami Bera, MD (D-CA) called for not only temporary relief now, but a permanent fix to Medicare in his speech. Rep. John Joyce (R-PA) talked about how Medicare cuts are threatening patient care in rural parts of America. Rep. Diana Harshberger (R-TN) asked her colleagues what physician would keep practicing year after year when their salaries are always being cut? Rep. Greg Murphy, MD (R-NC) Co-Chair of the GOP Doctors Caucus and sponsor of the Preserving Seniors’ Access to Physicians Act of 2023 - HR 6683 gave a moving speech about what it was like to serve Medicare patients but also worry about how to keep the doors open at his private practice.
This joint effort highlighted the issue in an effort push Congress to include relief for physicians when the new stopgap funding bill expires in March.