title: Unhappy landings. Health care feels the fallout from Washington's 1997 balanced budget.
abstract: Health care is already feeling the fallout from the 1997 balanced budget pact. And the accord's $100 billion in Medicare cuts, spread over five years, are only beginning to take effect. H&HN looks at two especially hard-hit sectors: home health agencies and rural hospitals.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Blecher
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006291:Health Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D018574:Home Care Agencies / Q000191:economics*; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States