title: Cloudy outlook. Supercommittee failure leaves healthcare providers questioning future cuts, impact on hospitals.
abstract: President Barack Obama responded to the failure of the so-called supercommittee with a message that he won't allow Congress to water down the automatic cuts triggered under the August deficit law, which would include a 2% reduction in Medicare payments.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zigmond
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002017:Budgets; D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D057172:Economic Recession; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011057:Politics; D014481:United States