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CBO Releases New, More Expensive Estimate for Medicare 'Doc Fix'
Freezing the current Medicare physician payment rates would cost nearly $276 billion over the next 10 years, which is nearly 33% higher than the previous estimate of $207 billion, according to the Congressional Budget Office.