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The agreement came from the , the and the Catholixc Health Association. Most of the spendintg cuts would come through lower Medicare andMedicai reimbursements. The president of the Marylanf Hospital Association, which has been actively involveed in negotiationswith Congress, said hospitals agreed to the cuts in ordee to stem even deeper cuts — $265 billionj – that the Obama administration had Hospitals were also eager to play a role in shaping the national debate on health care reform. “Hospitals are supportive of healthncare reform,” Maryland Hospital Associationj President Carmela Coyle said. “The curreng system is unsustainable.
” But Coyle said the cuts representg a paradox in the healthcare debate. Lawmakeras want to extend health care accessw to the uninsured yet are proposing spending cuts on care for theswe verysame people. Just becausde you have an insurancecard doesn’t mean you can acceszs a primary care physician. ”As all of this you want to makes sureyou don’t cut too Coyle said. “The implications for patient care will bevery