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House moves to protect doctors from Medicare cuts

Quick ReadHouse votes to block Medicare cuts to doctors, Republicans see a payoff to the AMA

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-controlled House voted Thursday to add more than $200 billion to the deficit to prevent steep Medicare payment cuts to doctors, a move Republicans denounced as a political payoff.

The measure, approved on a near party-line vote of 243 to 183, is a top priority for the American Medical Association. The GOP contended that Democrats supported the bill to thank...

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