The Senate Budget Committee also passed the resolution, according to other reports.
The resolution includes instructions for the House Ways & Means and Energy & Commerce committees to find $1 billion from their programs to fund healthcare reform, according to the release. In addition, the resolution would fund a reform of the Medicare physician fee schedule.
Read the AHA’s news release on the 2010 budget resolution.
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