Congressional leaders have reached an agreement to fix the Medicare reimbursement system that financially penalizes states such as Minnesota that have more efficient health-care systems, according to U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum. “This was a very historic day for patients in Minnesota and all across the nation,” McCollum said this afternoon, on a conference call with reporters.
Rep. Betty McCollum says she won’t vote for a health care reform bill unless it fixes Medicare formulas that penalize Minnesota’s above-average health care system by imposing higher premiums. And she’s created a coalition of unlikely allies on the issue…
It’s been two months since the November elections. The new Congress has been at work for almost two weeks, and after many long years has finally passed a bill authorizing the federal government to negotiate with drug companies on behalf…
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