House Passes SGR Repeal Bill; Senate Adjourns without Taking Action on SGR
After nearly 14 years of advocacy and 17 temporary “patches,” on March 26, 2015 — by an overwhelming vote of 392-37 — the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, which repeals Medicare’s sustainable growth rate (SGR) payment system. The legislation: Repeals the SGR, prevents the 21 percent […]