title: Medicare madness. Debate over the recently passed reform law is showing no sign of subsiding as wary providers brace for budget-busting backlash.
abstract: In the 16 weeks since the signing of Medicare reform, the firestorm surrounding the law has only grown. In the wake of the Medicare trustees' report that the trust fund will go broke sooner than predicted and testimony by CMS Chief Actuary Richard Foster, left, on how he was muzzled from giving Congress the bill's real cost, providers are wondering if reimbursement cuts are lurking in their future.
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tieman
mesh_terms: D000206:Actuarial Analysis; D000368:Aged; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis / Q000639:trends; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011057:Politics; D014481:United States