[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 21]
[House]
[Page 28250]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 MEDICARE PHYSICIAN PAYMENT REFORM ACT

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise to reaffirm my support 
for physicians, for the work that they do, and, of course, the fix that 
we just passed, the Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act, that finally 
responds to the medical care that doctors give all over America.
  This bill will repeal a 21-percent fee reduction that currently was 
scheduled right around the corner for January 2010. It also reinforces 
the rights of seniors to keep their doctors and, as well, to lower 
costs. It has a pay-for as well. It is a procedure that has already 
been handled.
  Proper management of Medicare funding ensures that the Medicare 
system will be able to properly support the medical needs of its 
intended beneficiaries. This bill will help promote the use of primary 
care and give access to the use of primary care practitioners in 
Medicare and throughout the health care system.
  I have been working to support and protect physician-owned hospitals 
which give quality care, physicians who are able to go in and protect 
the quality of medical care in rural and urban areas. This bill also 
supports our physicians, and I am proud of it.

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