How rehospitalizations are hurting Medicare

GETTING Medicare costs under control is no easy job. Congress recently overrode a scheduled 11 percent cut in Medicare's physician fees by freezing them for the rest of 2008 with a slight raise in 2009. But the program's finances will continue to worsen as baby boomers retire. Avoiding deep cuts in physician fees from 2010 onward will require a $20 ... (Full article: 729 words)

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