Dueling Sides in Senate Medicare Reimbursement Vote Battle It Out over the Airwaves

This has all the makings of a classic sports brawl.

Two powerful health trade groups will begin airing dueling ads this week in their fight over Medicare, hoping to influence Congress as lawmakers face pressure to reverse scheduled cuts in doctor fees.

America’s Health Insurance Plans, a trade group of private insurers, is siding with Senate Republicans and the White House in their standoff with Democrats over a measure that would halt the cuts by trimming payments to private insurers.  [..]  On the other side, the American Medical Association said Tuesday it was airing new television and radio ads in six states through the week that targets a group of senators who blocked action on the proposed legislation. The bill passed the House but stalled in the Senate last week amid a veto threat by President Bush.

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