WASHINGTON, March 6 (UPI) -- U.S. House Republicans plan to tie a 10-year delay in Obamacare's individual mandate to the annual ritual of overriding a cut in Medicare rates, aides say.
The "doc fix" has been part of budget discussions since 1997 when President Bill Clinton and Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., the House speaker at the time, agreed to a 25 percent cut in Medicare payments that would be triggered by cost hikes.