[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 138 (Thursday, September 7, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1731]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                             MEDICARE CUTS

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                        HON. PATRICIA SCHROEDER

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 7, 1995
  Mrs. SCHROEDER. Mr. Speaker, over the August recess, I went around my 
city of Denver--from hospitals to neighborhoods--to talk about the 
proposed Republican Medicare cuts and how it will affect people's lives 
and health.
  In Denver, we have many teaching hospitals--some of the best health 
care facilities in the country. They are also a good health care deal 
for the American public.
  In teaching hospitals, doctors get their training, hospitals get 
qualified personnel, and the public gets access to some of the best 
health care possible.
  Now teaching hospitals are going to take Republican Medicare cuts on 
the chin. Cuts in Medicare will force teaching hospitals to reduce the 
number of medical trainees they can employ--medical residents who 
regularly work 80 hours a week, doctors trained with the most up-to-
date technology and curricula.
  In my district, St. Joseph Hospital employs 100 residents. Cuts in 
Medicare will reduce the reimbursement St. Joseph's gets to employ 
medical residents, an annual loss of $1.4 million that the hospital 
will have to make up from somewhere else in the budget.
  Under the Republican Medicare cut scenario everyone loses: the 
doctors, the hospitals, and most of all, the public.


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