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The lone Republican to vote for the House bill to end Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) mechanism in the Medicare payment formula last fall was Rep. Michael Burgess, MD (R-Texas). On March 3, the OB/GYN from North Texas spoke to attendees at the AMA's National Advocacy Conference in Washington. Burgess voted with his fellow physicians, and not his Republican colleagues, the day the SGR bill passed House, he says.

We asked Part B News readers what message they wanted to send Congress as they faced a 21% cut to Medicare reimbursements March 1 (the cut actually happened, but Congress retroactively delayed it until April 1). Here are their answers, minus a few that were written in all caps (sorry, it's a pet peeve of mine!).

Republican Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) drops objections as Senate approves and president signs temporary payment fix.

There's still no Medicare doc fix.

Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) continues to object to allowing an extenders bill to move forward under unanimous consent. Democrats aren't the only ones who are urging the bill's approval. A member of Bunning's party, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), requested the measure pass this morning, but the senator from Kentucky raised an objection.

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