title: Back on the chopping block.
abstract: Just as hospitals were trying to figure out how they'd adapt to the new healthcare reform law, the cochairmen of the federal deficit reduction commission delivered a proposal with a new raft of cuts targeting healthcare that some say would be devastating. "Let's study it and not dismantle the public infrastructure that is holding pieces together," says David Lopez, left, of Harris County Hospital District.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zigmond
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D011057:Politics; D014481:United States