Sen. Cortez Masto Issues Statement on Affordable Care Act Innovation

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following statement:

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U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) issued the following statement highlighting the innovative programs the Affordable Care Act has brought to the State of Nevada, including the REMSA Community Health Programs, which created new cost efficient options to help ensure those seeking emergency assistance through 9-1-1 receive the best. This program has been so successful that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has created a national program based on the Washoe County model.

"The Affordable Care Act may be most well-known for providing thousands of Nevadans access to affordable health coverage and ensuring protections for those with preexisting conditions.

"But, the law has also provided the funding for local programs - like the REMSA Community Health Programs - aimed at improving health care delivery and lowering costs. REMSA's wildly successful program to provide patients who call 9-1-1 with more care options has saved Washoe County more than $10 million and prevented over 6,000 unnecessary or inappropriate Emergency Room visits.

"These kinds of innovative programs would not have been possible without the Affordable Care Act, and striking down the law will stifle countless more life-saving advances in a time when they are most needed."

"REMSA is proud to be a part of the communities that we have served since 1986.

"Innovation has been at the core of this organization since its beginning. We are privileged to be recognized nationally as a leader for providing out-of-hospital healthcare. One of the best examples of that is that CMS is about to execute the launch of ET3. Success and innovation around programs like our interventions intended to reduce costly and unnecessary ambulance transports and emergency room visits, not only impacts the national healthcare picture, but possibly even more importantly has profound importance and directly benefits the local citizens that we serve every day. REMSA continues to work with regional partners, as well as national organizations to ensure we stay at the forefront of healthcare innovation."