Daly Rich
Mod Healthc. 2011 Aug 8;41(32):6-7, 16, 1.
In the aftermath of the debt-ceiling battle, providers are feeling nervous since lawmakers need to come up with another $1.5 trillion in cuts by the end of the year. "Provider payment cuts are pretty easy to do, relatively speaking. And there doesn't seem to be a clear connection in the minds of policymakers that equates payment cuts with access problems," says Michael Regier, left, of provider alliance VHA.
在债务上限之争尘埃落定后，医疗服务提供商们感到紧张，因为立法者们需要在年底前再削减1.5万亿美元开支。“相对而言，削减医疗服务提供商的费用比较容易做到。而且在政策制定者的头脑中，似乎没有明确的联系将费用削减与医疗服务可及性问题划等号，”医疗服务提供商联盟VHA的迈克尔·雷吉尔（左）说道。
