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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) has scheduled a July 11 vote on repealing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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In the immediate aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision upholding much of the federal healthcare overhaul, Democrats and Republicans were anticipating a direct impact on both the law's popularity and the November election.
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A bill to reauthorize and expand the Food and Drug Administration's user-fee programs easily passed the House of Representatives 387-5.
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Repealing the 15-member Independent Payment Advisory Board in the healthcare reform law would not have an effect on the federal budget this calendar year, but would increase direct spending by $3.1 billion between 2013 and 2022, according to a cost estimate from the bipartisan Congressional Budget...
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The House panel with jurisdiction over Medicare approved legislation to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board created in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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After meeting for hours Monday evening, House GOP leaders said the lower chamber will vote today on a version of the payroll tax bill that would freeze Medicare doc payments for two months.
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The co-chair of the GOP Doctors Caucus said negotiations on the Medicare physician payment formula are aiming for a two-year continuation of the current rates instead of a permanent overhaul.
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President Barack Obama's Medicare nominee Tuesday got unexpected support from one of Congress' Republican stars. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor told The Associated Press that Marilyn Tavenner is "eminently qualified" to run Medicare.
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Medicare providers would not face withholding of 3% of their payments under a bill the House of Representatives passed Thursday to eliminate this coming requirement.
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The belief among Washington observers that the so-called supercommittee, which holds its first, organizational meeting today, will base any eventual package of deficit-reducing measures on previously offered ideas grows stronger daily.
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