AHCA advocates for more methodical budget solutions

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Super Committee Fails; Providers Get Hit

AHCA advocates for more methodical budget solutions than sequestration

Claire Navaro
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Washington, DC – The following is a statement from the American Health Care Association’s (AHCA) President & CEO Governor Mark Parkinson following the announcement that the super committee failed to reach an agreement to find $1.2 trillion in savings to the federal deficit:  

 

“While many in Washington would have preferred the sequestration, a cut is still a cut. And to our sector, which is already struggling from rounds of reductions to Medicare and Medicaid, this is a plan that goes too far.

 

“That’s why in the coming weeks we will continue to support a more methodical, long-term solution to our nation’s rising health care costs and growing deficit. We have already put forth a proposal that would reduce Medicare costs for post-acute care and encourage skilled nursing facilities to reduce $5 billion worth of hospital readmissions over ten years.

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