"Further cuts in Medicare costs would hit us especially hard," he said.

The government has denied that the cuts will hit the vulnerable.

It's certainly true that the cuts are hitting women disproportionately hard.

Nowhere did those cuts hit harder than in the health service.

Teaching hospitals, which pioneer the use of new technology, said the proposed cuts would hit them particularly hard.

"They won't get so cross when the cuts hit the poor," predicts one.

The state's cuts in Medicaid have hit the system especially hard.

Most will no doubt only get a fine, but a cut in benefit will hit them harder!

It was clear from the very beginning that such unselective cuts would hit the most vulnerable in society.

I would in fact argue that there is an effort not to reach out to those who the cuts will hit the most.