GOP Wants to Veto PPACA's Medicare Cost-Cutting Board

House Republicans are looking to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board, a part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act consisting of a 15-member team that would be in charge of keeping Medicare per-beneficiary spending down, according to a Talking Points Memo report.

The 15 members of the IPAB would begin work in 2014 and would be President-appointed and Senate-confirmed. Rep. Phil Roe (R-Tenn.), one of the main sponsors of a bill to repeal the IPAB, argued the board could turn into another sustainable growth rate problem, according to the report.

The bill is expected to pass the GOP-led House but most likely will not pass the Senate or President Barack Obama. However, Senate Republicans have said they will filibuster confirmation of any members to the IPAB, creating a stalemate situation over whether the IPAB will come to fruition.

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