Senate Finance cuts physician pay raises from Trump tax invoice

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Senate Finance cuts physician pay raises from Trump tax invoice

The Medicare pay bump for medical doctors that was a part of the Home model of Republicans’ tax invoice was dropped within the Senate’s model, launched Monday night. 

The availability, which might enhance medical doctors’ fee for treating Medicare sufferers by tying it to inflation, has lengthy been a high precedence for doctor teams. 

For years, medical doctors have contended with pay cuts from Medicare, which doctor teams say have led to the consolidation and closure of medical practices. The Senate Finance Committee omitting the coverage could possibly be a success for medical doctors’ teams that noticed it as a place to begin to growing pay. 

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