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July 9, 2008
MEDICARE BILL PASSES SENATE WITH KENNEDY'S HELP
The U.S. Senate, this afternoon, passed the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (H.R. 6331) upon voting to end the Republican filibuster with 69 affirmative votes for cloture. The Senators had agreed that the bill would be considered passed if cloture was invoked. The Bill, among other things, eliminates the proposed 10.6% physician pay cut, instead instituting a 1.1% increase effective January 1, 2009.
Senator Ted Kennedy made his first appearance on the Senate Floor since his brain tumor was discovered.
