MHA Comments on Proposed Senate Version of GOP Healthcare Bill
"The draft bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act released today by the
"At a time when this country should be moving toward providing care for all of its citizens like every other industrialized nation in the world, this bill actually moves us in the opposite direction. While the ACA wasn't perfect, I challenge any Republican Senator to name one thing in this bill that will make healthcare in the US better for patients or the healthcare professionals who care for them. In fact, the
"Like the proposal that passed in the House, this bill would de-stabilize the healthcare system in our commonwealth. Even without a CBO score, it's clear this bill would still reduce access to affordable coverage for low and middle income families, increase medical debt and out-of-pocket costs for patients, exacerbate cost-shifting to employer insurance and increase the amount of uncompensated care hospitals and other providers would face as the number of uninsured individuals increases.
"Medicaid cuts of this magnitude are unsustainable and will put pressure on the whole system, compromising care and increasing costs for everyone.
"If the House Affordable Health Care Act was a "mean" bill, the
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