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...Senate bill behind closed doors this week, on Tuesday called the doctors' legislation "very important" to ensuring final passage of health-care reform. Republicans counter that that is precisely the problem. Not only is the move a transparent ploy to get physicians onboard the reform bill, said Senator Jon Kyl, the No. 2 Senate Republican, "I also see it as a transparent way to take the deficit off the table." Republicans have called the move a budget trick, one of many Democrats are using, they say, to help keep down the final price tag of the reform bill; they insist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Latest Threat to Health Reform: Docs' Reimbursement | 10/21/2009 | See Source »

...Certainly, breaking out the doctors' reimbursement issue from the broader health-care effort is removing a major expense, and headache, from an already very complicated process. But opponents of the fix aren't entirely consistent in their demand for fiscal discipline. Kyl, for one, doesn't object to running up the deficit to pay for a fix - he's working on an amendment to increase physicians' payments to keep up with the cost of living - he just doesn't like it in the context of a larger reform bill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Latest Threat to Health Reform: Docs' Reimbursement | 10/21/2009 | See Source »

...Republicans, like Kyl, who have voted for fixes in the past, justifying voting against this bill to doctors in their states may be tough; and, though critical of the measure, Kyl declined to say he would vote against it. "I think they thought they were going to get a problem off the table," Kyl said. "I think instead they've kind of grabbed a rattlesnake by the tail and they don't know how to let it go." (Read "Is There a Better Way to Pay Doctors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Latest Threat to Health Reform: Docs' Reimbursement | 10/21/2009 | See Source »

...KYL, Republican Senator from Arizona, arguing during markup sessions against the inclusion of maternity care in the proposed health-care-reform bill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 10/12/2009 | See Source »

DEBBIE STABENOW, Democratic Senator from Michigan, responding to Kyl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 10/12/2009 | See Source »

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