Health Sector Braces For Cuts As Sequester Looms, Entitlement Reform Calls Persist

Health Sector Braces For Cuts As Sequester Looms, Entitlement Reform Calls Persist-insidehealthpolicy: While the “fiscal cliff” and a one-year “doc fix” are behind them, health care stakeholders are bracing for lawmakers to again go after the sector in the coming weeks as a part of larger deficit reduction efforts, especially now that Congress has less than two months to figure out how to stop the automatic spending cuts called for by sequestration as well as raise the debt ceiling, sources tell Inside Health Policy.