Bipartisan ‘doc fix’ under discussion in House

Published March 16, 2015 5:00am ET



House Republicans and Democrats are working on a deal to permanently end an annual reduction in Medicare reimbursements, but conservatives are wary the proposal could add to the deficit.

“There is a bipartisan effort under discussion to do a permanent fix by the end of the month,” a top GOP aide told the Washington Examiner. “There’s hope we could actually resolve this once and for all in the next two weeks.”

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