CMS Budget Request For 2012 Targets Cost Reductions
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
As policy-makers continue to grapple with the growth in Medicare and Medicaid spending and its impact on the national debt, President Obama's Feb. 14 budget request for CMS offers targeted funding for activities to help bring some of the programs' costs under better control.
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