It is a rare unifying moment. Hospitals, doctors, health insurers and some consumer groups, with few exceptions, are speaking with one voice and urging significant changes to the Republican health care legislation that passed the House.
The bill’s impact is wide-ranging, potentially affecting not only the millions who could lose coverage through deep cuts in Medicaid or no longer be able to afford to buy coverage in the state marketplaces.
With states allowed to seek waivers from providing certain benefits, employers big and small could scale back what they pay for each year or reimpose lifetime limits on coverage. In particular, small businesses could be free to drop coverage with no penalty.
Hospitals that serve low-income patients “will just be drowning completely when this happens.
I think the gov. should tell these entities to lower their charges 50%. We wouldn't have a problem then. Don't forget Big Pharma.
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