Long title | To amend the Social Security Act to extend Medicare payments to physicians and other provisions of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and for other purposes. |
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Nicknames | The "doc fix" |
Announced in | the 113th United States Congress |
Sponsored by | Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA) |
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Public law | Pub. L. 113–93 (text) (PDF) |
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The Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (H.R. 4302; Pub. L. 113–93 (text) (PDF)) is a law that delayed until March 2015 a pending cut to Medicare physician payment, a cut that had been regularly delayed for over a decade.[1][2] Because the law only delayed and did not repeal the physician payment cut, it was a source of controversy.[2][3]
The bill was signed into law on April 1, 2014, during the 113th United States Congress.