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December 20, 2011

BREAKING NEWS: House Vote Sets Stage for 27% Pay Cut for Doctors

WASHINGTON -- The House of Representatives has voted 229 to 193 to reject the Senate’s payroll tax break bill that would delay a 27% cut in Medicare payments to doctors, and instead voted for leaders in both chambers to conference to work out a longer-term solution, but leaders of the Democratic-controlled Senate say they will not return to Washington to conference.

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