By Alexander Bolton,The Hill
Obama and Reid are trying to bribe doctors into supporting Obamacare
The White House and Democratic leaders are offering doctors a deal:They’ll freeze cuts in Medicare payments to doctors in exchange for doctors’ support of healthcare reform.
At a meeting on Capitol Hill last week with nearly a dozen doctors groups,Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said the Senate would take up separate legislation to halt scheduled Medicare cuts in doctor payments over the next 10 years. In return,Reid made it clear that he expected their support for the broader healthcare bill,according to four sources in the meeting.
A spokesman for Reid declined to comment for this story.
“They said they’re going to need our help in getting healthcare reform over the goal line and they expect our support,” said a participant who represents doctors. “Reid,Baucus and Dodd. All three said the same thing:They want and expect our support.”