Chamber of Commerce joins hospitals, lawmakers in opposing Medicare cuts. (cover story)

MEDICAL care financing; MEDICARE; CENTERS for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.); CHAMBER of Commerce of the United States of America; UNITED States. Congress. House; UNITED States. Congress. Senate

The article reports on the decision of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to support hospitals in their call to reject the proposal of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to reduce the budget from Medicare services in June 2007. The chamber claimed that the budget cuts would deny beneficiaries from access to hospital services. According to the chamber, a majority of House and Senate legislators have stated their opposition to such proposal in letters sent to CMS.