title: The most difficult budget year.
abstract: With most states facing severe budget shortfalls, community health centers and Medicaid programs could be in for major funding cuts, threatening the health care safety net and putting hospital emergency departments on the line to fill the gap. "Hospitals and community health centers are going to have to work a lot more closely together in the future," says Craig Becker, president of the Tennessee Hospital Association.
authors.forename: Randy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Edwards
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D035082:Federal Government; D006078:Government Programs / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000191:economics; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D008484:Medicaid / Q000191:economics; D011057:Politics; D013219:State Government; D014481:United States