1.   Also in Medicaid, the budget proposed to reduce payments to hospitals that serve a disproportionate number of poor patients.

2.   But imagine how easy your monthly budgeting would become if you could reduce your mortgage payments for the next three years.

3.   This will reduce your payments initially but will not stop them going up if the standard variable rate rises.

4.   The payment will be reduced under statutory provisions if the employee is approaching retirement age.

5.   Analysts said Vencor would try to pare down debt and reduce rental payments on buildings that it leases.

6.   An array of recent polls show that Americans steadfastly oppose propping up the system by increasing taxes, reducing payments or raising the retirement age.

7.   And some analysts think federal action to reduce payments for skilled nursing care and related contract rehabilitation services would lift these stocks from under a cloud.

8.   As for Medicare, Feldstein says, the federal government would reduce government payments to providers while requiring the same level of service.

9.   As part of any legislation to revamp Medicaid, Congress may give states new freedom to reduce payments to health care providers.

10.   As part of its effort to slow the growth of Medicaid, Congress this year is reducing payments to hospitals that serve large numbers of low-income patients.