fah hospital policy blog

FAH and AHA’s newly released joint study highlights the

impacts a Medicare Public Option proposal could have on the ability of
hospitals and health systems to continue to provide access to the high-quality
care patients and communities need and deserve. Among the effects, the proposal
would inflict the largest ever cut to hospitals – nearly $800 billion – and be particularly
disruptive to the employer-sponsored health insurance market.

FAH President and CEO Chip Kahn and AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack issued the following joint statement reacting to a letter from insurer and business groups on surprise bills:

Today, the consulting firm Navigant released a study showing that government-run health care proposals, like Medicare for All, would directly result in financial stress on hospitals. This comes on the heels of a study from FAH and AHA that found a Medicare public option could have a significant impact on patient access to care by leading to the largest ever cut to hospital funding – nearly $800 billion.

The American Hospital Association (AHA) and the Federation of American Hospitals (FAH) today released a new report that details the impact that a Medicare public option proposal could have on the ability of hospitals and health systems to continue to provide access to high-quality care to their patients and communities. The study finds that such a proposal, which would create a government-run Medicare-like health plan on the individual exchange, could have a significant impact on patient access to care.