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By James R. Carroll and Patrick Howington http://www.courier-journal.com WASHINGTON — With unexpected help from ailing Sen. Edward Kennedy, the Senate voted yesterday to prevent a 10.6 percent cut in doctors’ Medicare payments that Kentucky and Indiana physicians had warned could end some services. The 69-30 vote sent the measure to President Bush, who has vowed […]

By BILL HENDRICK http://www.ajc.com

By Eleanor Black Watkin http://www.washingtonpost.com AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND — Being a cautious man, Eugene Horn of Willamina, Ore., did his research when it became apparent that he needed both knees replaced. Years of football had taken their toll, and a fall through rotten flooring while demolishing a house capped it. His knees were shot. Horn […]

By TODD ACKERMAN http://www.chron.com

By Jane M. Von Bergen http://www.philly.com

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http://www.washingtonpost.com TUESDAY, July 8 (HealthDay News) — Chemotherapy patients have not lost access to care despite federal legislation that has reduced reimbursements to their doctors in recent years, a new report finds. Critics feared the passing of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 would make treatment more difficult, but investigators from the Duke Clinical Research […]