Paying for payment reform
The House-passed Medicare physician payment reform bill would cost the federal government an estimated $210 billion over 10 years. Nearly $260 billion in higher pay would go to physicians and health plans to treat seniors and military members over that time. But beneficiaries would make up roughly $50 billion of that through higher premiums.
| Outlays in billions of dollars (fiscal year) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medicare physician fee schedule | Medicare Advantage and Tricare | Part B premium receipts | Total net changes | |
| 2010 | $8.0 | 0 | 0 | $8.0 |
| 2011 | $13.7 | $3.7 | -$2.8 | $14.7 |
