AHA Statement on Site-Neutral Framework From Senators Hassan and Cassidy

Stacey Hughes
Executive Vice President
American Hospital Association

November 1, 2024

Simply put, this framework from Senators Hassan and Cassidy will limit and eliminate critical hospital-based care, resulting in increased wait times and decreased access to care for patients. It is irresponsible to think that clawing back up to $140 billion of Medicare spending for seniors won’t destabilize access to care.

Rather than addressing the root causes driving physician acquisitions, this framework instead proposes dramatic and untenable Medicare cuts, reducing seniors’ access to critical hospital-based care. We urge Congress to address the true drivers of physician acquisitions, which include significant underpayments to providers and persistent delays and denials of care by commercial insurers.

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