Why the ‘Doc Fix’ Deal Has Senate in Something of a Fix

Why the ‘Doc Fix’ Deal Has Senate in Something of a Fix-rollcall: The odds have crested the 50-50 threshold for what would surely become one of the year’s biggest legislative achievements — an overhaul of how doctors and other Medicare providers get paid. And the usual encrusted ideological positioning, at both ends of the political spectrum, is no longer the biggest obstacle.