title: To freeze or not to freeze. Debate over Medicare inpatient pay gets emotional, silly as AHA digs in heels.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Weissenstein
mesh_terms: D000573:American Hospital Association; D002017:Budgets / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004469:Economics, Hospital / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D016344:Medicare Part A / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011057:Politics; D011444:Prospective Payment Assessment Commission; D011445:Prospective Payment System / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States