Senate JOBS BILL …


Senate jobs bill extends Medicare payment rates

Tue Feb 9, 2010 2:44pm EST

WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) – A jobs-creation bill that could pass the Senate this week would delay a scheduled 20 percent reduction in doctor payments under the Medicare health-insurance program, according to a copy of the text obtained by Reuters.

The bill also extends soon-to-expire jobless payments, health-care subsidies for the unemployed and highway-funding programs, according to the text of the bill, which has not yet been introduced.