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Senate fails to pass H.R. 6331

Announced Medicare 'payment freeze' does not represent significant policy change: Your action still needed!

Thursday night, by a vote of 58 to 40, the Senate failed to proceed to and adopt the "Medicare Improvements to Patients and Providers Act" (H.R. 6331). Sixty votes were needed to pass the bill. <more>

Protect the medical malpractice cap
This summer is the perfect time to meet with your legislators and discuss the importance of preserving the medical malpractice cap at its current level.

Click here to read background materials on the cap and tips for meeting with your legislator.

Save the date:
2008 MSV Annual Meeting and Educational Symposium
and the 2008 MSVF Physicians' Gala
Click here for important dates and to register for the meeting, reserve rooms and purchase tickets to the Gala.

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