DEFAZIO VOTES ‘YES’ ON OBAMACARE

Oregon fourth district Congressman Peter Defazio threatened to vote ‘no’ on Obamacare over the weekend over the issue of low Medicare reimbursements to Oregon doctors.  A ‘fix’ was in the earlier House bill, but was taken out of the one passed over the weekend due to its cost.  Including it would have ballooned the cost of the bill past defecit-neutral territory.  But Defazio said in a release today that he was assured by Obama Administration officials that higher Medicare reimbursements for Oregon and 16 other states would begin immediately while the issue is studied for two years.

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