Stabenow urges hospital leaders to voice their concerns on Hill

Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) today urged hospital leaders to share their concerns about the American Health Care Act with their lawmakers on Capitol Hill, noting that hospitals and health systems are among the largest employers in their communities. “That story needs to be told” in the debate over repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, she told hospital leaders at the AHA Annual Membership Meeting. “It is important that you are here, you are loud and you are engaged at this moment.” Stabenow, ranking member of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care, called the House-passed AHCA “stunningly irresponsible” because it would “unravel one-fifth of our GDP and hurt tens of millions of people in our country.”