The alternative would be to send physicians their payments at the reduced rate and then, should Congress ultimately fix the problem, ask physicians to bill CMS for the difference and then cut additional checks to cover the shortfall.
The tax code rewrite was designed to shift exemptions, deductions, investment gains and losses around to allow the tax rate to be reduced at the upper end with each of the rate categories on their own being revenue neutral.
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In the fall of 2006 Mugorewase was able to sign up for the health plan at a reduced rate (subsidized by the Millennium Villages project) via the Webcam.
Also, if the house has a mortgage on it, the buyer should be able to assume the mortgage at the sharply reduced interest rate.
Goldman Sachs expects BP to suspend its dividend for two quarters and resume the payment at a reduced rate by year's end.
The protein not only stimulated the creation of more beta cells, it also reduced the rate at which they were killed off.
Sarepta, formerly known as AVI Biopharma, boomed because of data from an 8-patient study that shows unprecedented efficacy for its drug, eteplirsen, dramatically reduced the rate at which patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy worsened.
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And I think we should always remember that actually the worst atrocities in Kosovo occurred after Nato had started the bombing so it doesn't follow, for me at any rate, that we would have reduced the level of the carnage and the atrocities by an alternative policy.
It reduced the discount rate, at which banks finding themselves short of cash can, in the spirit of Bagehot, borrow from the central bank, and lengthened the term for which it would lend.
Congress allowed the reduced rate to expire as scheduled at the beginning of this year.
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Friday's financial market activity reduced the chance of a rate increase at 24%, from 91% a week ago, according to Lehman's models.
If I had to guess I would say that the May-June decrease in industrial production is a harbinger, that the second half of 2012 will see Russia grow at a greatly reduced rate, and that overall 2012 GDP growth will just under 3%.
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Without a population that produces a higher birth rate than that at which developing nations historically have stabilized, the reduced working youth employee base cannot support the ever increasing aging population.
In fact, the rate at which the economy can grow will be hampered by a reduced willingness of banks to lend, a reduced amount of spending by federal, state and local governments, reduced consumption from many still-financially-overstretched American citizens who also face elevated gas prices, and from a reduced willingness of businesses to invest in the face of uncertainty regarding future tax and regulatory policies.
The flow of patients from Bhuj and other places is on but at a slightly reduced rate.
If Beijing doubles its budget deficit (still very low relative to most developed countries) and boosts revenue from SOEs on social welfare programs and income transfers, China would spend at similar percentage as the U.S. and inequality may be reduced to a similar rate.
"The London hotel industry has provided 40, 000 rooms to (Games organisers) Locog at a specially reduced rate, " he said.
The new legislation would allow U.S. corporations holding money offshore to repatriate those funds at a reduced tax rate.
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The alternative taxing policy being touted by Republicans is to allow for companies to bring back offshore profits at a reduced rate, as low as 5.25%.
The recent ECB and BoJ policy statements have reduced the likelihood of a Euro-zone rate cut and has increased pressure on Governor Shirakawa at the BoJ to take further action.
By screening victims for risk factors at crime scenes, in hospital emergency rooms, and in court and linking those most at risk with immediate crisis intervention services, Maryland has reduced its domestic violence homicide rate by 34% over the past five years.
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