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IPAB Looms, But No Payment Cuts Made Yet

Published on Fri Mar 20, 2015

The window to repeal the presidentially appointed board is narrow. Opponents of the Independent Payment Advisory Board are attacking the cost-cutting body on legislative and judiciary fronts to head off potentially catastrophic measures. Reminder: Under the Affordable Care Act passed in 2010, the appointed IPAB has the authority to make compulsory Medicare cost-cutting recommendations. Reps. Phil Roe (R-Tenn.) and Linda [...]
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