Doc payment for cut for medicare patient delayed.

Physician payment cuts for medicare patient scheduled for Jan 1, 2011 has been delayed. According to NPR, this issue is dated to the early eighties and has nothing to do with the health care overhaul.

This delay will come as a relief for some medicare recipient as they do not have to be concerned with losing their doctors as some might have to get rid of some medicare patient to keep their practices afloat.
From more information:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101208/ap_on_bi_ge/us_medicare_deal_5