Imaging Cut Reversal Gains Strength

by Barbara Kram, Editor | July 31, 2006
Representatives get on board
effort to stall Medicare imaging cuts
The number of co-sponsors of HR 5704, the Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2006, has reached 60 as 18 more members of Congress agreed that imaging cuts contained in last year's Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) need to be thoroughly reviewed before they are implemented.

ACR thanks all the cosponsors of HR 5704 for their commitment to ensuring that Medicare beneficiaries continue to have timely access to medical imaging services. A list of the new cosponsors is below.

If your House Representative is not among them, you can find their email address and write to them from this link:
U.S. House of Representatives

You can find your Senators' email addresses from this link:
U.S. Senate

Rep McMorris, Cathy [WA-5] - 6/29/2006
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Rep Musgrave, Marilyn N. [CO-4] - 7/10/2006

Rep Reichert, David G. [WA-8] - 7/10/2006
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Rep Myrick, Sue [NC-9] - 7/10/2006

Rep Berkley, Shelley [NV-1] - 7/10/2006
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Rep Renzi, Rick [AZ-1] - 7/10/2006

Rep Kind, Ron [WI-3] - 7/12/2006
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Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [NY-28] - 7/12/2006

Rep Baldwin, Tammy [WI-2] - 7/12/2006
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Rep Davis, Geoff [KY-4] - 7/13/2006

Rep McHenry, Patrick T. [NC-10] - 7/17/2006
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Rep Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [MD-2] - 7/17/2006

Rep Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [LA-7] - 7/17/2006
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Rep Payne, Donald M. [NJ-10] - 7/17/2006

Rep Gingrey, Phil [GA-11] - 7/18/2006
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Rep Drake, Thelma D. [VA-2] - 7/20/2006

Rep Weldon, Dave [FL-15] - 7/20/2006
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Rep Bilirakis, Michael [FL-9] - 7/24/2006

Visit the link below of the HR 5704 Access to Medicare Imaging Act (HR 5704) section of the ACR Web site for the latest on ACR efforts to counter the drastic DRA imaging reimbursement cuts:
Stop the Imaging Cuts