Congressional Democrats Might Use Budget Reconciliation Process To Pass Medicare Bill (Medical News Today)
Leaders of the House and Senate Budget committees on Tuesday said that they might use the fiscal year 2009 budget reconciliation process to pass a Medicare bill with a provision to prevent a scheduled 10% reduction in physician reimbursements, CQ Today reports.

Many say Medicare action too heavy-handed (Smoky Mountain News)
Doctors and officials at Haywood Regional Medical Center are accusing state inspectors of being heavy-handed, draconian, unprecedented, dangerous and unfair by pulling the hospital s Medicare and Medicaid status.