tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2008 Issue 7

REIMBURSEMENT: House Dems Pledge To Fight Proposed Budget Bill

President's budget would slash future Medicare fundsIf President Bush has his way, he'll give Medicare a cash advance in 2009, and then take money off the table over the subsequent five years. During his recent State of the Union address, the president told the nation, "Everyone in this chamber knows that spending on entitlement programs like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid is growing faster than we can afford," setting policymakers up for potential cuts. And this week, President Bush did just that when he introduced his $3.1 trillion budget, which adds funds to Medicare for 2009...

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