Payroll tax cut & unemployment extension deal includes cuts in Medicare/Medicaid hospital payments!

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2. Clever on the part of the Republicons

Doctors who don't get the doc fix are much more likely to refuse to take Medicare patients than hospitals who get cuts in Medicare reimbursements. Of course, they'll just pass on the costs to the uninsured, and to the extent possible, the insured and their insurance companies.