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Here’s what was accomplished:

Doc Fix

A complicated 1997 Congressional budget agreement created a formula for paying doctors who treat Medicare patients. Unfortunately for the doctors, that formula regularly cut their pay, leaving doctors unsure of their income each year. Congress repeatedly voted for more money to make up for the gap.

That “doc fix” ritual continued until 2015, when then-Speaker John Boehner and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi worked out a change to the formula. Over five years, a new formula will pay doctors based on the quality of care they provide, not just the amount of care.

The $210 billion measure sailed through the Senate and House, and was largely deficit-financed.

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