Reimbursement: Bush Encounters Strong Opposition To Proposed Cuts
73 percent to support the candidate who does not implement the cuts
The Bush administration's proposal of five year $24 billion cuts to Medicare's nursing home benefit is being strongly opposed by the general public, states a new national survey conducted by Zogby International for the American Health Care Association (AHCA). According to the survey, nearly 63 percent of likely voters oppose the cut and almost half "strongly oppose" the administration's proposal.
Of those surveyed, 56.9 percent of Democrats, 47.1 percent of Independents and 31.3 percent of Republicans vehemently oppose the proposal. Moreover, 61 percent of...
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