Advocacy
Advocacy Action Alerts:
Message from your Advocacy Committee:
On Tuesday, September 30, Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY) and five other senators introduced the Preserving Access to Healthcare (PATH) Act of 2008 (S.3656), which would delay for six months cuts to Medicare capital indirect medical education (IME) payments and Medicaid outpatient payments. The cut to Medicare capital IME payments - which takes effect today - eliminates $1.3 billion over five years from teaching hospitals. The proposed cut to Medicaid outpatient services would narrow the definition and scope of covered Medicaid outpatient hospital services and reduce hospitals' Medicaid funding by $2.1 billion over five years, according to Congressional Budget Office estimates.
We urge you to contact your senators today and ask them to include these provisions in any remaining legislative vehicle, or to move S. 3656 separately, before adjourning. We also urge you to encourage your senators to co-sponsor S. 3656. While time for legislative action is running short, there is still an opportunity to build support before Congress leaves for the election!
Find your senator's contact information here: http://www.congress.org/congressorg/directory/congdir.tt.
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