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		<title>Repeal SGR Now! Time is running out</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Seniors may lose their choice of physician on March 1st and physicians will face a 27.4% cut if Congress does not act to protect Medicare.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patientsactionnetwork.com/repeal-sgr-now-time-is-running-out/</link>
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		<title>Conference committee to meet as early as Jan 17. SGR to be addressed?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There continues to be bipartisan interest in taking this opportunity to repeal the SGR]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patientsactionnetwork.com/conference-committee-to-meet-as-early-as-jan-17th-sgr-to-be-addressed/</link>
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		<title>Congress fails to avert Medicare payment cut</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. House of Representatives rejects a Senate bill that would have averted a 27.4 percent cut]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patientsactionnetwork.com/congress-fails-to-avert-medicare-payment-cut/</link>
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		<title>Medicare pay cut averted; Congress OKs two-month patch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Physicians get a brief reprieve from a 27 percent Medicare pay cut]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patientsactionnetwork.com/medicare-pay-cut-averted-congress-oks-two-month-patch/</link>
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		<title>Supercommittee failure means uncertainty for Medicare</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Physicians still face a 27 percent cut in Medicare payments on January 1]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patientsactionnetwork.com/supercommittee-failure-means-uncertainty-for-medicare/</link>
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		<title>AMA launches multi-million dollar ad campaign urging Congress to repeal SGR now</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Patients and physicians call on Congress to repeal the broken Medicare physician payment formula]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patientsactionnetwork.com/ama-launches-multi-million-dollar-ad-campaign-urging-congress-to-repeal-sgr-now/</link>
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		<title>Deficit “supercommittee” hears recommendations to protect patients &#8211; Call Now!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Patients face drastic cuts in Medicare services unless Congress takes action to reform physician payment systems like the flawed sustainable growth rate]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patientsactionnetwork.com/deficit-%e2%80%9csupercommittee%e2%80%9d-hears-recommendations-to-protect-patients-call-now/</link>
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		<title>Tweet the &#8220;Super Committee&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The new Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, or "Super Committee," recently held its first formal hearing.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patientsactionnetwork.com/tweet-the-super-committee/</link>
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		<title>Physician groups to Congress: Fix the SGR now</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Medicare’s flawed SGR formula needs to be included in the debt ceiling/ deficit reduction package]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patientsactionnetwork.com/congress-needs-to-fix-the-sgr-now/</link>
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		<title>The Need to Move Beyond SGR</title>
		<description><![CDATA[American Medical Association President Cecil B. Wilson, M.D. testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patientsactionnetwork.com/the-need-to-move-beyond-sgr/</link>
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