HC Reform Update from Mark Sanna: Doctors flooded Congress on Wednesday with telephone calls, urging lawmakers to prevent the 23 percent cut in Medicare payments scheduled to take effect next month. Many physicians have posted placards in their offices saying, “Your doctor may have to stop seeing Medicare patients” if Congress does not act. Administration officials want lawmakers to stop the cut for at least 13 months. But the lame-duck Congress appears unlikely to grant such a lengthy reprieve.