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- Government Remains Open Until March, Congress Fails to Address Medicare Payment Cuts Again
Congress avoided a partial government shutdown by passing a stopgap spending bill to fund federal agencies until March. Unfortunately, the spending bill did not include a provision to reverse a 3.37% Medicare cut to physician services in 2024. The CAP continues to express deep disappointment over Congress’s failure to stop the cuts and pursue a retroactive solution to reverse them.
Throughout 2023 and now 2024, the CAP has lobbied Congress to stop these cuts. CAP members can continue to urge their representatives and senators to stop the cuts by using the CAP’s Action Center. The CAP will continue pushing Congress to pass legislation to mitigate the impact of the Medicare Cuts before March, when Congress will again work to pass legislation to fund the government throughout the rest of the year.
On December 20, CAP President Donald S. Karcher, MD, FCAP issued a statement urging Congress to take up legislation to stop the cut as soon as lawmakers return to Washington in the New Year. The CAP supports the passage of the Preserving Seniors’ Access to Physicians Act of 2023 (HR 6683) that reverses the cut to Medicare physician payments.