TRICARE Availability Still in Jeopardy

Week of June 30, 2008

In an effort to give Congress time to block a scheduled 10.6 percent Medicare (TRICARE) fee cut, the Bush administration plans to delay paying doctors for treating Medicare patients in early July. The administration's decision merely delays the cut, scheduled to take place Tuesday. It's up to Congress to decide whether to block it or not. Congress will almost certainly act quickly when it returns to Washington the week of July 7 to prevent the cuts in payments for some 600,000 doctors who treat Medicare/TRICARE patients. The cuts are scheduled because of a formula that requires fee cuts when spending exceeds established goals.

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