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The sequester and health care

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    Medicare cuts could lead to the loss of more than 200,000 jobs and more

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OK so what about health care and sequestered doctors and hospitals -- sequestered Medicare cuts.

Will lead to the loss of more than 200000 jobs and that's not off how else could the sequester affect healthcare knows -- -- be back joins -- nice to see if I had to focus should tell me Tom what is anticipated that these quest to into the health care in this country.

There's a lot that's gonna happen.

-- federal government invests in a lot of public health initiatives and those are all going to get.

You know ran down a toilet that's advocates are telling -- you know eight or 9% cuts for the Centers for Disease Control the Food and Drug Administration National Institutes of Health.

Things like researcher gonna get cut vaccines for kids people -- saying you're gonna get -- H -- -- aids care -- -- a huge amount of range of activities that the federal government is engaged and when it comes to health care and people are saying that you know without him in trouble.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- How cat because they're saying is that in this sector would they have -- cuts upon cuts up on pats and there's just upheaval everywhere because of the president's health care a lot.

Because we're facing a doctor shortage.

Because the American population is aging and health care while -- saying -- stop -- next we aren't a second that benefits from all of this -- people we need continuity to make sure the American people are healthy.

He's -- -- -- health care.

You know I think some people are to be honest because you know we see -- aging population it's -- hugely growing industry.

And that you know I could be putting my money there I was so they look at the doctors don't should be getting rich it seemed to gain their fees cut insurance companies are making them -- thing -- speed up the visit so so -- Was shaken all the money you know I don't know I think and pharmaceutical companies are doing pretty well and I can I -- a lot of money gas.

You know health insurance plans -- going to be doing pretty wild.

Hospitals are the ones that are worried that doctors are worried.

They're saying that this sequester patent which includes a 2% cut to Medicare for -- is really just coming on top of cut and cut to years past.

And everybody wants to get out of Medicare which isn't good for patients and it's not good for -- -- -- mentioned the doctor shortage if if they're they're losing 2% to get it cut Medicare and that the probably not getting this much money Medicare so and yet for private.

Have accreditation the first place -- tonight and it could cut 2% more so what doctor if there's a doctor shortage what -- gonna go -- gonna provide that medical care I mean that's what seniors are wondering and seniors are reporting back to members of congress and saying hey I can't find anybody to take Medicare in my area of the country.

This is a big problem when -- the doctor shortage of I don't know you know another front of the -- they're gonna cut.

Federal investment in graduate medical education which is again people are saying this is -- -- He sequester cuts are meant to be rational twenty perverse it's not Smart -- -- -- just -- across -- but we need to be focusing on -- priorities.

Well -- -- -- see what happens that was supposed to happen tomorrow but you know I don't really see -- -- it's -- to see it thanks for helping us.

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