Growing bipartisan support for Medicare reform in the U.S. House of Representatives is clear evidence that our sustained physician advocacy is moving us closer to fixing our badly broken physician payment system.

The proposed 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule would cut physician reimbursement by 2.8%, and now a bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging Congress to pass legislation to block the cut.

Bipartisan lawmakers urge Congress to block a 2.8% cut in the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, citing negative impacts on patient access and practice viability. The proposed cut marks the fifth consecutive year of reduced payments, threatening independent practices, especially in rural and underserved areas.

A majority of House members urged House leaders to not only reverse a proposed 2.8% cut in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS), but also to pass a law that would avoid such cuts in the future.

In the House, 233 members signed a letter saying they want the House to fend off the pending 2.8 percent Medicare cut.

After years of Medicare physician payment cuts, doctors deserve a positive payment update in 2025. Find out how the AMA is leading the charge.

More than half of the House is calling on leadership to avert Medicare physician payment cuts scheduled for next year, and to enact longer-term payment reforms.

Whether its pharmaceuticals or health insurance, Vice President Kamala Harris appears to have only one healthcare policy – impose price controls. The untenable financial position of many doctors and private doctor practices due to tightening Medicare reimbursement rates exemplifies the folly of her preferred approach.

Doctors still seeing Medicare patients struggle to stay in private practice because of Medicare payment cuts.