title: Reform the hard way. Healthcare providers say budget committee plan's would dismantle Medicare, Medicaid.
abstract: The House Budget Committee's 2012 budget plan proposes massive changes to Medicare and Medicaid. New Medicare beneficiaries starting in 2022 would choose from a list of health plans while the proposal for the Medicaid program would convert federal dollars to block grants for states. Sister Carol Keenan, left, of the CHA, says, "Clearly, going to vouchers doesn't take into consideration the best use of the Medicare dollar or the Medicare population".
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