Medicare Cuts Would Cost 500,000 Jobs

Near­ly 500,000 jobs will be lost next year alone if a 2% auto­mat­ic cut in Medicare spend­ing man­dat­ed fol­low­ing last year’s debt ceil­ing cri­sis takes effect, three major health­care orga­ni­za­tions charge. In 2013, more than 496,000 jobs will …

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