Hospitals Group: 'Go Back To The Drawing Board' On Senate ACA Repeal

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo


By ESME CRIBB Published JUNE 22, 2017 3:44 PM

The American Hospital Association on Thursday urged Senate Republicans to “go back to the drawing board” on their newly released bill to repeal and replace Obamacare.

“From the onset of this debate, America’s hospitals and health systems have been guided by a set of key principles that would protect coverage for Americans,” Rick Pollack, the AHA’s president and CEO, said in a statement. “Unfortunately, the draft bill under discussion in the Senate moves in the opposite direction.”

The version of the legislation released on Thursday would impose deeper long-term cuts to Medicaid than the House bill and eliminate most of Obamacare’s subsidies. Pollack cited the potential Medicaid cuts as a major concern.

“Medicaid cuts of this magnitude are unsustainable and will increase costs to individuals with private insurance,” he said. “We urge the Senate to go back to the drawing board and develop legislation that continues to provide coverage to all Americans who currently have it.”

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[Eliot Rosewater]

1. We have to spend all this time and energy fighting to survive against our own people, wow

[Gothmog]

2. This is a horrible bill

[BumRushDaShow]

3. "will increase costs to individuals with private insurance"

Yes. You go back to the way it was and "everyone else" (including states and local governments) will be paying for the ER costs for people without health insurance and the insurance companies are going to "get theirs" no matter what.

[TexasBushwhacker]

6. Yup. Those that have insurance pay for those that don't

At the same time, having millions of uninsured Americans means they use costly ERs for primary care and don't have chronic diseases like diabetes managed properly, which ends up costing more not just in dollars, but in early death and disability.

[Skittles]

4. LOL

sending repukes "back to the drawing board" only ensures the bill gets even worse

[Delphinus]

5. I was wondering

if all the medical professionals could get together and tell them to fix this mess.

[TexasBushwhacker]

7. I can't imagine insurance companies are happy about it either

It really is just one big handout to the 1%.

[dembotoz]

8. lets see going from a system with insurance mandates to a system where they will catch the blame

no i would be unhappy too