House Republicans have found another back-door way to attempt a dismantling of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Next week, the lower chamber is expected to vote on legislation that would permanently repeal Medicare’s physician payment formula and which might include a provision to either repeal or delay the ACA’s individual insurance mandate as a way to pay for the sustainable growth-rate fix. But as before, their efforts are certain to die in the Senate, making another temporary SGR patch more likely as a March 31 deadline rapidly approaches.
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