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title: "Psych News Alert: House Republican Pay Roll Tax Plan Includes Physician Medicare Pay Revision"
description: House Republican leaders have agreed to include a two-year extension of the current Medicare physician pay rates, including a 1 percent incr...
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 12/9/11 12:00 AM

# House Republican Pay Roll Tax Plan Includes Physician Medicare Pay Revision

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House Republican leaders have agreed to include a two-year extension of the current Medicare physician pay rates, including a 1 percent increase beginning in January for 2012 and 2013, in a large legislative package primarily aimed at extending an expiring payroll tax cut. Barring Congressional action, a whopping 30 percent across-the-board pay cut is scheduled for physicians participating in the Medicare program.  Physicians have long argued that the payment formula for Medicare needs to be scrapped.For more information, see [Psychiatric News](http://psychiatryonline.org/newsarticle.aspx?articleid=108493).

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