DeGette Votes to Override Veto of Medicare Bill
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DEGETTE VOTES TO OVERRIDE VETO OF MEDICARE BILL
U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, today made the following statement in support of overriding President Bush's veto of H.R. 6331, the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008. The House supported this measure on a vote of 383 to 41.
"I am proud to override the President's veto of this measure today, which not only will eliminate the scheduled ten percent cut to Medicare physicians, but it will also provide a 1.1 percent update for 2009. A rate update is desperately needed to maintain quality care for Medicare patients. Ignoring this problem any longer would be devastating to patient care across Colorado and the nation.
"This measure also includes a two-year reauthorization of the Special Diabetes Programs for Type 1 Diabetes. I have been working to support and reauthorize these programs for many years, and thanks to over a decade of investment in the Special Diabetes Programs, which were created in 1997, we can point to tangible and significant progresssuch as the creation of an artificial pancreasthat is improving the lives of many people."
U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette is also the co-chair of the House Diabetes Caucus.
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