Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act

This bill changes how Medicare pays doctors. Currently, Medicare has two different payment rates starting in 2026 - one for doctors in special payment programs that gets a 0.75% yearly increase, and another for other doctors that gets a 0.25% yearly increase. The bill would create just one payment rate for all doctors and tie the yearly increase to something called the Medicare Economic Index, which tracks price changes for doctor services.

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