The cutbacks in Medicare funding, the single biggest source of revenues for teaching hospitals, will accelerate over the next few years.

Some are infuriated also to learn that the plan introduces the principle of progressive financing to Medicare funding.

Congress can help by restoring some cuts made to Medicare funding in 1997 that squeezed these institutions severely.

Despite Navigant's work, King-Harbor failed to meet federal standards for Medicare funding in 2006.

Amongst the most controversial aspects of the Bush budget was the proposed $46,600 million reductions in Medicare funding and other entitlement programmes cuts over the next five years.

The budget bill makes no changes for current retirees and those over 55 years old but it does stabilize Medicare funding and expenditures for the next generation.

Only 39 percent said they would be able to resolve most of the problems with Medicare funding; 56 percent said they would not.

His budget doubles Medicare funding over the next 10 years.

In reality, Medicare funding of physician training is a direct and indirect subsidy for hospitals.

His efforts led to Medicare funding of dialysis for these patients, now provided to hundreds of thousands of patients.