Medicaid is Levee for Health System: Congress Should Not Cut Funds; Association of Academic Health Centers Says Cuts Inappropriate in Wake of Hurricane Katrina
U.S. Newswire, September, 2005
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was released today by the Association of Academic Health Centers:
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the Association of Academic Health Centers is calling on Congress to reconsider provisions of the Congressional Budget Resolution that calls for $10 billion in cuts to federal Medicaid spending. At a time when the need for health care is so urgent for those dislocated by this disaster, it would be ill- advised to reduce coverage or increase the cost of services for the millions of Americans who depend on this program. "Medicaid is a levee of the health care system; this infrastructure should not be weakened," says Steven A. Wartman, M.D., Ph.D., president of the Association of Academic Health Centers. Cutting benefits or...
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