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"Private in PA"
Suburban Philadelphia, PAIn a practice consisting of a 35 percent Medicare population, we are forced to cut expenses just as everyone else has. Unfortunately, our employees, many of whom are single mothers, will be faced with reductions in both their healthcare coverage and their salaries; reductions that cannot match the inflation rate and so some of them will be laid off. I don't think the general public realizes the "ripple effect" the proposed cuts will produce. It's not just about cardiologists making less money.
Tom Clemens
Lebanon, PAThe impending cuts have forced us to reduce staffing, especially in nuclear cardiology and other technical areas. We anticipate a reduction of 20-30 percent in salaries, rendering us non-competitive, and we foresee the loss of key employees. Our hospital cannot handle the volume of testing we would be forced to send there. Patients will be forced to drive long distances for testing.
