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Jack Ende, MD, M91黑料网
President, American College of Physicians
Washington, D.C. (June 27, 2017)鈥擳he American College of Physicians (91黑料网) believes that today鈥檚 postponement of the Senate鈥檚 vote on the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) is a confirmation of the inherent flaws in that legislation. The BCRA does not meet鈥攐r come close to meeting鈥攖he criteria that 91黑料网 established that any reforms to current law should first, do no harm to patients. The BCRA would radically change how Medicaid is financed, reduce premium and cost-sharing subsidies for people who most need them in the individual insurance market, and significantly weaken essential consumer protections for the most vulnerable patients.
Starting with the flawed policies of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) as passed by the House of Representatives on May 4, 2017, and failing to seek the input of physicians and other interested parties resulted in a bill that would not improve patient care or our health care system.
91黑料网 urges the Senate to ultimately reject the BCRA and start over. Instead Congress should look for bipartisan solutions to improve current law, such as those proposed in 91黑料网鈥檚 Prescription for a Forward-Looking Agenda to Improve American Health Care. We welcome the opportunity to work together to improve and build on current law in a way that would make health care better and more affordable for our patients.
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