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February 10, 2008
Huntington Herald-Dispatch
Rockefeller discusses possible health cuts
By Dave Lavender
HUNTINGTON -- When is a record $3.1 trillion federal budget not enough?
When it slashes important programs essential to West Virginians, says Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.).
Rockefeller buzzed into the heart of Huntington Sunday afternoon to host a round-table discussion at Cabell Huntington Hospital to talk about President Bush's proposed cuts to Medicare -- which, nationwide, total $182.7 billion over the next five years.
In a room with about a dozen physicians, health care professionals and West Virginia legislators, Rockefeller listened and then discussed how the extensive cuts would directly affect payments to hospitals, nursing homes and other health care providers. It could result in the loss of health care for thousands of West Virginians.
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