Health industry cool to Bush budget cuts
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Health care providers would see their reimbursement rates from the federal government go up less in coming years when they care for the elderly, poor and disabled under President Bush's budget.
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A new tax on cigarettes, that would be used to fund children's health insurance, is opposed by the administration, which fears insurance costs will pass to the government.
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Home care provider will feel the pinch from lower Medicare reimbursement.
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CALGARY (CP) - Federal Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh discounted suggestions from some provincial premiers that the recent 10-year deal on health care won&#39;t be enough.
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MONDAY, Feb. 4 (HealthDay News) -- President Bush's new budget proposal would cut $196 billion over five years from both Medicare and Medicaid --  programs that provide health care to millions of poor and elderly, federal officials announced Monday.
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President George W. Bush will propose freezing most domestic spending in his upcoming 2009 budget and will seek big cost savings from government health care programs, a U.S. official said on Thursday.
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Federal investigators said Monday that the Bush administration had improperly allowed some private health plans to limit Medicare patientsâ choice of health care providers, including doctors, nursing homes and home care agencies.
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Bush is expected to announce trims in healthcare spending, placing the burden back on fiscally strapped states.
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The spending cuts include a reduction in benefits for about 340,000 people enrolled in a health insurance program for the working poor.
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Dentists are turning away patients because local health chiefs are running out of funds, dental leaders say.
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The Bush administration plans to cut funding for veterans' health care two years from now &#151; even as badly wounded troops returning from Iraq could overwhelm the system.
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The growth in health care spending by private employers slowed in recent years, creating some optimism that the employers had turned the corner in their struggle with rising costs. But any relief appears to have been short lived, according to a study to be released today.
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Proposed cuts in Medicare payments for cancer drugs will be nearly double Bush administration estimates, potentially limiting access to care, according to a survey of cancer doctors.
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Dozens of popular health, housing and education programs would be eliminated or sharply reduced under the budget that President Bush plans to announce on Monday.
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Who pays for health care may turn out to be the biggest rift between President George W. Bush and state governors now holding their winter meeting.
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A new body will be set up to coordinate health research, but doctors fear it could lead to a cut in the budget.
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Wyeth  on Friday said it is considering cost cuts that could eliminate 10 percent of its work force over a three-year period, although the U.S. drugmaker said details of the initiative are not "etched in stone."