"This 2.3 percent cut is the most severe [Medicare Advantage ('MA')] Growth Percentage reduction since the introduction of the MA program.... This reduction equates to between $50 and $90 in higher costs for the average MA beneficiary per month in 2014 ... [The Business Roundtable urges] you to use your authority ... to calculate MA rates for 2014 based on an assumption that legislation will be enacted later this year to maintain Medicare physician payment rates at their current levels in 2014[.]"

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