Making The Big Decisions
The current budget bill making its way through Congress has health care executives on edge.;The question still remains—will Medicaid get cut or not?;And if so, how? On Tuesday, the House voted 217 to 215 to pass a Republican budget resolution that calls for $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and a $2 trillion reduction in spending over 10 years, without specifying which programs would be cut to meet those numbers. Cutting Medicaid spending is expected to be central to making the math work (see;House Passes G.O.P. Budget Teeing Up Enormous Tax . . .