06/02/2011
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"Clearly, the Secretary needs some flexibility to attract and retain the best and brightest in science and medicine, but these authorities should be limited and transparent."
"There is no disagreement that the current Medicare physician reimbursement system, the Sustainable Growth Rate, or SGR, is broken."
"Absent congressional actions, physicians will face a 27 percent cut starting January 1, 2013."
"There is also no disagreement that the SGR needs to be replaced with something that actually is sustainable."