tci Part B Insider - 2007 Issue 24

Democrats Push For Sweeping Medicare Changes

The CHAMP Act, currently facing a vote in the House, features a grab bag of Medicare proposals that showcase Democrats- Medicare priorities, and could become law soon: - Beneficiaries wouldn't have to pay 20-percent copayments or deductibles for current or future preventive benefits. The bill also specifies that colorectal cancer screening tests never count toward the patient's deductible--even if your physician finds something, removes some tissue, or reaches a diagnosis.- Your physician would no longer be able to own a stake in a specialty hospital and refer patients to it. Congress would abolish the -whole hospital- exemption, which...

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