Study: Health care reform could threaten Medicare coverage

Rep. Baron Hill stayed his position that Medicare coverage would not be damaged by health care reform, despite the release of a study suggesting hospitals might quit accepting the government plan's patients. The debate surrounds where the $500 billion Medicare spending cut proposed by the House bill would come from. The measure protects Medicare patients by closing the "doughnut hole" for prescription drug reimbursement, ensuring free preventative care, eliminating co-payments and improving low-income subsidy programs