Obama signs bill temporarily fixing Medicare fees

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

A 64-35 Senate vote Monday cleared the measure through Congress.

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