12/02/2014
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"These bad actors must be held accountable."
"CMS argues that reducing these payments will increase competition with private providers. That argument is based entirely on flawed logic and faulty assumptions."
"In my district, that means Olympic Medical Center, the hospital where I was born, could face, could lose $47 million over the next 10 years."
"Cutting reimbursements actually exacerbates that shortage by dramatically reducing the funds available to retain and hire healthcare professionals and purchase new medical equipment."