PhRMA Hopes To Change Medicare Payment Board Even As It Applauds House-Passed Reform Package
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
The bill that cleared the House March 21 continues to include creation of an Independent Medicare Advisory Commission with broad powers for implementing cost-cutting measures in Medicare.
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