Doctor, Hospital Groups Line Up Against GOP Health Proposal
Source: MSN/Bloomberg
On Wednesday, the U.S.’s biggest advocacy group for doctors came out against House Republicans’ legislation, adding to growing opposition from the country’s top trade groups for physicians and hospitals who worry that it will leave more people uninsured or with limited coverage.
In a letter to Congress, the American Medical Association said Wednesday it “cannot support the AHCA as it is currently written,” referring to the American Health Care Act, as the Republican proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act is named. The association calls itself the largest physician advocacy group in the country, and backed the nomination of Tom Price as President Donald Trump’s Health and Human Services secretary and point person on the health law.
The association’s letter adds to growing objections to the bill, which would eliminate much of Obamacare and replace it with smaller tax subsidies to buy insurance. In the last several days, other major physician groups, including the American College of Physicians, the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American Psychiatric Association, have said said they have serious issues with or outright oppose the plan. Together they represent hundreds of thousands of U.S. doctors and health professionals.
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“We cannot support The American Health Care Act in its current form,” the American Hospital Association, which represents about 5,000 U.S. hospitals, said in a March 7 letter to Congress. The Federation of American Hospitals, which represents for-profit chains including HCA Holdings Inc. and Community Health Systems Inc., also said it had “significant issues” with the plan.
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So, doctors, hospitals and the elderly oppose the Republican plan. Still, people who are young and never get sick, don't think they will get sick, and don't know anyone who is sick or likely to get sick or need hospital care might still support it.