>Many see it as sacrificing care for seniors in order to cover others.
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>I'm guessing it represents shifting funds for ongoing service from one program to another or (perhaps more likely) an anticipated reduction in payments to providers. The latter is unlikely to work- I am privileged to visit many providing facilities in the US and many of even the non-profits are sufficiently stressed that an increase of a few days of AR is worth the HIM director's job.

I have no time to read through this and have only read a couple articles but I'll make a prediction based on a simple assumption.

This bill has no chance because it goes after Medicare funding. Polling trends have been showing senior support for Obama/Congress health reform deteriorating for months. The mere suggestion of Medicare cuts will kill this bill.