Congress is under fire for failing to fix the Medicare payment mess.  Both parties are at fault. Democrats for linking physician pay changes to Medicare Advantage funding and Republicans for favoring insurance interests over physicians.  In the end though, the Democratic controlled Congress bears the most blame for being unwilling to address the entire SGR (sustainable growth rate) issue related to physician payments for Medicare.  Just one more example of the ineptitude, political posturing and gamesmanship at work in Congress.  They are NOT interested in doing the people’s business, just protecting their own . . . jomaxx

Congress returns to work this week with Medicare high on the agenda and Senate Republicans under pressure after a barrage of radio and television advertisements blamed them for a 10.6 percent cut in payments to doctors who care for millions of older Americans . . . see link for full article

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/07/health/policy/07medicare.html?ref=policy&pagewanted=print