Democrats look to cut payments to insurers to trim Medicare costs

Thursday, November 23, 2006

WASHINGTON -- Soon to be in charge of Congress, Democrats are looking to chip away at billions of dollars in payments to the health insurance companies that run Medicare's managed care programs.

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