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"Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday," the great journalist and author, Don Marquis once said. That is exactly what Congress has been doing for many years on an issue that is acute, universally impactful and impeding our nation’s economic outlook: acting to repeal the flawed sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula for reimbursing physicians who treat Medicare patients. As part of its mandate to reduce the debt and deficit, the powerful Congressional Super Committee has the opportunity to enact a permanent fix to the SGR.  It is an opportunity that shouldn’t be missed.
Let me take a step back and explain how we got into this mess in the first place. 

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