Hospitals agree to Medicare payment cuts to help pay for health care reform - Philadelphia Business Journal:

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The agreement came from the , the and the . Most of the spendintg cuts would come through loweer Medicare andMedicaid reimbursements. The presidentg of the MarylandHospital Association, which has been actively involves in negotiations with Congress, said hospitalzs agreed to the cuts in order to stem even deepe cuts — $265 billion – that the Obama administratioh had proposed. Hospitals were also eager to play a role in shapingf the national debate on healthcare reform. “Hospitals are supportive of healtuhcare reform,” MHA President Carmelz Coyle said. “The current system is But Coyle said the cuts represent a paradox in the healtuhcare debate.
Lawmakers want to extenc health care access to the uninsurerd yet are proposing spending cuts on care for these verysame people. Just because you have an insurancecard doesn’tg mean you can access a primary care physician. ”As all of this unfolds, you want to makesx sure you don’t cut too Coyle said. “The implications for patient care will bevery