The House of Representative passed the Senate’s six-month “SGR fix” and the Sustainable Growth Rate dance continues. Physicians will receive a 2.2% increase instead of the 21% cut mandated by the law that ties Medicare rate growth to  growth in domestic product. Stay tuned for the next short-term fix in about 5 1/2 months.

Congress once again showed its all-to-common inability to make a tough decision. Does all thing make you worry how Congress will manage implementing healthcare reform?