tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 10

Budget: Bracing Yourself For Another Balanced Budget Act?

Huge federal deficits could cost health care providers in the future.Budget cuts affecting Medicare and other health programs could soon be in the news again, as federal account books show nothing but deficits in the foreseeable future and lawmakers begin to sweat over the red ink.In an initial round of the 21st century fiscal wars, though, there could be a twist from the Medicare-related budget battles of 1997, analysts say. Rather than a new Balanced Budget Act that explicitly enacts cuts in Medicare and Medicaid in order to achieve overall budget goals, action this year could center...

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