Legislation and Legislative Advocacy
The American Hospital Association (AHA) shares resources on health care legislation being considered by the U.S. House and Senate and legislative advocacy opportunities for hospitals and health systems.
Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., has withdrawn his amendment to the Senate’s budget reconciliation bill. This withdrawal comes after a vigorous advocacy campaign by the AHA, with the great assistance of our members, to urge senators to vote no on the amendment.
The AHA June 29 sent a letter to senators urging them to amend the budget reconciliation bill before its final passage in the Senate. The Senate version of the bill proposes even greater cuts to Medicaid than the House-passed version.
The magnitude of nearly a trillion-dollar reduction to the Medicaid program cannot be characterized solely as waste, fraud and abuse. The real-life consequences of these reductions will result in irreparable harm to access to care for all Americans and undermine the ability of hospitals and health…
AHA shares very serious concerns with the amendment in the nature of a substitute for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) (H.R. 1) that is being considered by the Senate.
Senator Rick Scott, R-Fla., is expected to introduce an amendment to the Senate budget reconciliation bill during the vote-a-rama in the coming hours. The amendment would dramatically impact expansion states.
The table below summarizes the 10-year impact on federal Medicaid hospital spending if the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) were reduced to the traditional level for Medicaid expansion enrollees due to program churn.
The Senate version of the budget reconciliation bill proposes even GREATER CUTS to the Medicaid program than the House bill.
The Senate has released its legislative text for the substitute to H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), a sweeping package that would enact many of President Trump’s legislative priorities on taxes, border security, energy and deficit reduction.
The Senate parliamentarian today said several health care provisions in the Senate budget reconciliation bill, including one on Medicaid provider taxes, violate the Byrd Rule and would be subject to a 60-vote threshold if they were included in the reconciliation bill as written.
The AHA June 16 released a fact sheet with analysis on the impact to rural patients and hospitals from proposed Medicaid cuts by Congress. The analysis found that key Medicaid provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) would result in a $50.4 billion reduction in federal Medicaid…