Obama signs temporary Medicare fix bill for docs

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has signed into law a bill giving doctors temporary relief from a flawed Medicare payment formula that threatened them with a 24 percent cut in their fees.

The Senate passed the measure Monday, sending it to the president’s desk. The House passed the $21 billion bill last week.

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