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House Votes to Repeal Sustainable Growth Rate; Senate Delays Action

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The House voted 392-37 to approve legislation that would eliminate the Sustainable Growth Rate, a method currently used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to control spending by Medicare on physician services.

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