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Debt Ceiling
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Debt 'supercommittee' will have big influence over healthcare spending
The bi-partisan "supercommittee" tasked with slashing at least $1.22 trillion from the national budget over the next 10 years is almost complete. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has until Aug. 16
Debt deal could cut hospital Medicare payments by $1.4M annually
Thanks to the recently enacted debt-ceiling legislation, hospitals could see their Medicare payments cut by $1.1 to $1.4 million annually over the next 10 years, according to estimates from
Medicare, Medicaid could be cut with debt agreement
The Senate today voted 74-26, following yesterday's House 269-161 vote, to pass legislation that will raise the debt ceiling by $2 trillion during the next decade, according to a CBS News article and
States' pockets empty as Medicaid stimulus winds down
The 2009 stimulus package provided an additional $100 billion in Medicaid payments over the past three years, but those payments ended on July 1, and some states were hit far harder than others,
Governors contest Medicaid cuts floated in debt ceiling talks
The National Governors Association (NGA) is asking the Obama Administration to pull back on proposed Medicaid cuts as part of a deal to raise the debt ceiling, reports The Hill's Healthwatch. Such
Medicaid becoming a bargaining chip for debt ceiling negotations
Democratic lawmakers are concerned that tightening Medicaid eligibility could be the price they pay to win concessions from Republicans regarding the debt ceiling negotiations, reports Kaiser Health
Republicans backing away from Medicare proposal
The Republican House delegation, emboldened just a few weeks ago by an ambitious plan to remake Medicare into a voucher system , now appears to be backing away from such a proposal, report the
