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Senate vote on Medicare

on Oct 22 in Medicare, Medicine in Politics tagged , by admin

Dear Colleague:

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday fell short of the 60 votes necessary to begin debate on S 1776 by Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) [PDF], the “Medicare Physician Fairness act of 2009.” The motion failed on a vote of 47-53. Both senators from Texas – John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison – voted “no” along with all of their Republican colleagues and numerous Democrats in a roll-call vote whose outcome was known even before it began. Read More