Archive for August 5th, 2009

Cut spending, but not on me!

August 05th, 2009 | Category: news

Today’s Wall Street Journal describes how lobbying groups of all kinds are doing their damnedest to make sure that healthcare reform doesn’t come at their expense. Makers of medical devices don’t want payments for diagnostic tests to be cut — they’re already too low, argue the manufacturers. Rural hospitals don’t want their Medicare payments slashed — they already get paid less than city hospitals. City hospitals don’t want their payments cut — Read more

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