ACEP Response to the House Energy & Commerce Committee Request Regarding the SGR
April 28, 2011

Congress Averts Medicare Physician Pay Cuts for One Year
December 9, 2010 -- The bi-partisan bill blocks the 25% Medicare payment cut scheduled to take effect in 2011 and extends the current reimbursement rates until 2012.

	Permanently Reforming the SGR
	Talking Points: S. 1776, 'Medicare Physicians Fairness Act'
	The Growing Cost of Eliminating the SGR: Postponing the Solution Just Raises the Cost