As far as thebills at hand are concerned, manyexperts are calling forthe Houseto drop its entitlementprogrammes, which make certain spending mandatory, andto direct the moneyto the PellGrants.
While Reagan called for cuts in waste, fraud, and abuse of welfare programs, he was working with a Democratic House, and entitlement programs have only grown and proliferated in the past thirty years, with both parties saying yes to low taxes without saying no to new spending.
But hospitals fear a continued jump in uncompensated care costs this year, with Congress and the White House poised to cut entitlement spending in the wake of the fiscal cliff that already saw hospitals wrestle with spending reductions.
The House bill would make huge rollbacks in entitlement programs like Medicare, Medicaid, Welfare and farm price supports plus scores of other government programs.