Cuts To Medicare, Medicaid To Have Lasting Repercussions On U.S. Seniors' Care Quality

In response to the testimony of Acting Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Leslie Norwalk before the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, the American Health Care Association (AHCA) said the Administration's proposed FY 2008 Budget is "far off course" in terms of strengthening the nation's long term care system, and warned pending cuts to Medicare and Medicaid would have lasting repercussions on the quality of care provided to the nation's seniors.

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