Recently, the House overwhelmingly passed a bill to hold off on the scheduled 10 percent cuts in Medicare premiums.  The Senate voted on it, and the bill failed to pass.  All the Republicans lined up behind Bush, who had promised to veto the bill.

Harry Reid decided to stick it to the Republicans by not bringing the bill back for a vote until after the July 4th holiday.  That means the cuts will go into effect July 1.  

Now... you must be wondering why Bush is threatening to veto the bill.  Does he have something against docs? I don't think so.  Hmmmm.   If you look at the bill and where the spending would have come from it becomes all too clear.  Bush is once again siding with his corporate cronies  in part because it would reduce federal payments to private Medicare Advantage plans, offered by insurers like Humana, UnitedHealth and Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies.   So rather than help seniors by ensuring they will be able to see a doctor with Medicare as their sole coverage, or doctors who face rising liability assoc costs and rising office costs ---in the face of diminishing reimbursement----Bush sides with his buddies.  How predictable!!!!

 Now... will docs drop Medicare ?????

This will be a very interesting few weeks.