"...Addressing the doctors in Chicago, the president said for the first time publicly that health care reform, including covering the almost 50 million Americans who have no insurance, would cost about $1 trillion over 10 years.
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He wants to cut federal payments to hospitals by about $200 billion and cut $313 billion from Medicare and Medicaid over 10 years. He also is proposing a $635 billion in tax increases and spending cuts in the health care system as a "down payment" for his plan.
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"I want to be honest with you. I'm not advocating caps on malpractice awards," the president said... "
Taken from AP article, here is the link:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama_doctors
Change which I guess we now have to learn to believe in...
;-)
OP
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He wants to cut federal payments to hospitals by about $200 billion and cut $313 billion from Medicare and Medicaid over 10 years. He also is proposing a $635 billion in tax increases and spending cuts in the health care system as a "down payment" for his plan.
...
"I want to be honest with you. I'm not advocating caps on malpractice awards," the president said... "
Taken from AP article, here is the link:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama_doctors
Change which I guess we now have to learn to believe in...
;-)
OP
