President signs bill to delay Medicare cuts

President Obama signed legislation that delays for one year a cut in Medicare payments to physicians that was scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2011. Advocates and lawmakers hope to take advantage of the one-year delay to develop a sustainable solution to the Medicare payment formula.

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