Senate jobs bill extends Medicare payment rates -text
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WASHINGTON Feb 9 (Reuters) - A jobs-creation bill that could pass the Senate this week would delay a scheduled 20 percent reduction in doctor payments under the Medicare health-insurance program, according to a copy of the text obtained by Reuters.
The bill also extends soon-to-expire jobless payments, healthcare subsidies for the unemployed and highway-funding programs, according to the text of the bill, which has not yet been introduced.
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Comments (171)
eeriemoon wrote:
Create a job for me so I will have less time to leave dopey remarks in comment sections.
goodrichard wrote:
The Federal government cannot create jobs by spending more money. In fact, the federal government can’t actually create jobs at all. The only thing it can do is get out of the way of the private sector creating jobs. Unfortunately, the Democrats are doing the exact opposite: confiscating more of the private sector’s wealth and calling it stimulus. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBsahlCXntY
CaptCorruption wrote:
GOOOH
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