House Republicans unveiled a draft of a bill intended to replace Medicare's sustainable growth rate permanently and end the annual game of political hot potato in which lawmakers bargain to overwrite it and avoid cutting physician pay.
The proposal, released by GOP members of the Energy and Commerce Committee, would allow physicians to move into a value-based payment model gradually, but the document doesn't specify how it would pick up the 10-year, $140 billion cost of replacing the SGR.
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The proposal, released by GOP members of the Energy and Commerce Committee, would allow physicians to move into a value-based payment model gradually, but the document doesn't specify how it would pick up the 10-year, $140 billion cost of replacing the SGR.
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