Why No Ruckus About Medicare Cuts in Sequester?
Posted on 03/1/2013 by Associated Press | General News | Comments
Bulletin Today | PoliticsBy Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar of The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hospitals, doctors and other Medicare providers are on the hook for a 2 percent cut under looming government spending reductions. But they’re not raising a ruckus. Why? The pain could be a lot worse if President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans actually did reach a sweeping agreement to reduce federal deficits. Automatic cuts taking effect Friday — the “sequester” in Washington-speak — would reduce Medicare spending by about $100 billion …
