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Medicare Provider Cuts On The Table In Debt Ceiling Negotiations | Via Sam Stein: “In exchange for revenue-raisers (most likely in the form of siphoned off tax breaks or the closing of loopholes) Democrats will agree to Medicare cuts — not on the beneficiary side, which would have produced deafening howls from within the caucus, but on the provider side.” Medical device manufacturers — who were on the table during the crafting of the health care bill — are likely to be targeted.