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Hospitals oppose deal to cut $155 billion  (access required)

by Amy Gillentine

Published: July 14,2009

Time posted: 12:32 pm

Tags: American Hospital Association, Medicaid, Medicare, Penrose-St. Francis Health Center

At least one local hospital executive says the nation's hospitals cannot afford a $155-billion-cut to Medicare and Medicaid.  The White House had called for slashing Medicaid and Medicare payments to hospitals by around $224 billion 10 years to help pay for health-care reform, but officials announced today that the target had been adjusted to to a more ...





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