Properly configured, the cuts could be made without biting into benefits for the elderly who depend upon the program, but the trigger mechanism does not point to specific areas of the federal health program where the cuts could be targeted in a way that would reduce spending while protecting benefits.

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Mr Sissling claimed that "a very significant increase in demand" for unscheduled care, such as in accident and emergency, particularly amongst the elderly, had made it more difficult for health boards to cut their spending in the first half of the year.

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But he's also made it a model for other disabled people as well as the elderly.

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