Wednesday, May 16, 2007

CQ HealthBeat News - Stark to Seek Wide Range of Medicare Cuts

CQ HealthBeat News - Stark to Seek Wide Range of Medicare Cuts: "House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Pete Stark will intensify efforts this week to lay the groundwork for Medicare cuts likely to target many sectors in health care. The California Democrat has already clarified that he will try to trim payments to Medicare Advantage plans, but this week he’ll begin turning more of his attention to Medicare payments to hospitals, home health agencies and skilled nursing facilities."