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The U.S. Capitol on Feb. 8, 2024. Medicare pays hospitals about double the rates it pays other providers for the same services. A House-passed bill would take a small step toward eliminating the difference. Hospital lobbyists seek to make sure it never becomes law. (Eric Harkleroad/KFF Health News/TNS)Two more years of partisan squabbles lie ahead, and whichever party wins the presidency will find any action difficult.
Originally published at Carl Leubsdorf