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Wasserman Schultz: GOP ‘Doc Fix' Attempt Nothing More than ‘Doc Tricks'

03/14/14
 
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) issued the following statement today after House Republicans tied the urgent need to reform the Medicare physician reimbursement process, otherwise known as the ‘doc fix’, to their 51st attempt to legislatively undermine the Affordable Care Act:
 
“House Republicans are not interested in a doc fix. They’re interested in doc tricks.
 
“And reinforced for the 51st time today, House Republicans have no interest whatsoever in working to pass bipartisan legislation that can actually become law and, most importantly, solve problems.
 
“For months, Members on both sides of the aisle engaged in meaningful, substantive conversations to permanently fix the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate formula.
 
“The House GOP’s decision to completely invalidate those negotiations by tying the repeal of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate to the doc fix is counterproductive and disingenuous.
 
“A wide array of doctor, senior, and health insurer groups has condemned this action while reiterating the urgent need to enact a doc fix. And with thousands of navigators, counselors, hospitals, and insurers actively working to sign people up and comply with the Affordable Care Act – the law of the land – these ceaseless political games do nothing but make this, in every sense of the phrase, a do-nothing House of Representatives.”
 
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