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NAIC: Medigap cuts would cause 'massive change' for insurers
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) is staunchly opposed to cutting the Medicare supplement insurance program, making that position clear in a recent letter to Congress . Many
Obama's deficit plan includes $320B Medicare, Medicaid cuts
President Obama's ambitious deficit reduction proposal would include significant cuts to the Medicare program, report the New York Times and Kaiser Health News. The proposal would include a $248
Report: SGR reckoning will be damaging to Medicare, providers
The nearly decade-long series of Congressional delays in implementing the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula for Medicare has the potential to create significant fiscal damage to the program, its
$4.7B in cuts threaten Medicaid expansion
Although Medicaid coverage is expected to be dramatically expanded in 2014 as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, program cuts enacted on the state level could hamper coverage
AHA blasts Medicare, Medicaid cuts to fix deficit
In a letter submitted last week to the U.S. Senate's Finance Committee, the American Hospital Association (AHA) strongly stated its opposition to cuts in the Medicare or Medicaid programs to address
