Here is the text of a September 17th letter from Senator Maria Cantwell and 27 others to President Barack Obama about Medicare reimbursement rates.

Dear Mr. President:

As you continue working with Congress to facilitate the passage of health care reform legislation, we write to emphasize the need to realign spending in the Medicare program to focus on providing more value to beneficiaries. We support many of the Medicare payment reforms that are included in current versions of health care reform legislation, but believe additional effort must be made to get better care at a lower cost.

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