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Medicare to ease cuts to hospitals
Detroit Free Press, October 2, 2007
The federal Medicare program is expected to announce that it will reduce by nearly half the $20 billion in cuts intended for inpatient care at hospitals. Hospital groups had flooded Washington, DC, legislators with calls and e-mails about the pending payment reductions.
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