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Bush Administration's Planned Medicare Cut Generates Strong, Bipartisan Opposition on Capitol Hill
June 25, 2008In a demonstration of strong, bipartisan opposition to a Bush Administration regulatory action that will cut $770 million in seniors' Medicare Part A nursing home funding in 2009, 40 Senators and 108 U.S. House members have joined U.S. Senators Kent Conrad (D-ND) and Norm Coleman (R-MN), and U.S. Representatives Earl Pomeroy (D-ND), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Shelley Berkley (D-NV), to send separate letters to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Mike Leavitt, warning Medicare beneficiaries are "severely threatened" by the Administration's imminent action. U.S. Senator John Warner (R-VA) has sent his own separate letter to Secretary Leavitt expressing his concerns. Full release