Monday, March 17, 2014

Senate Finance Staff Implore Doc Lobbyists To Get GOP To Support Wyden SGR Bill

Senate Finance Staff Implore Doc Lobbyists To Get GOP To Support Wyden SGR Bill-insidehealthpolicy: Senate Finance Committee staff held a meeting with several physician groups Thursday and urged them to get five GOP senators -- enough to achieve a filibuster-proof majority -- to support Chair Ron Wyden's (D-OR) bill to replace the Sustainable Growth Rate formula without paying for it, several lobbyists said. As of Friday lobbyists had not gotten any GOP senators to commit, a physician lobbyist said.