Hospital lobbyists, including the American Hospital Association, are gearing up to make the healthcare industry's opposition to the new debt deal known to Capitol Hill, according to a Washington Post report.
"It will be a full-court press to work with the committee to make our views known," AHA Executive Vice President Richard Pollack said in the report. "Our hospitals are in every congressional district in the country. Our patients are Republicans and Democrats. We are very concerned about where this is going to go."
President Obama recently signed into law a debt deal that would mean billions of dollars in cuts to the Medicare program if a special Congressional committee cannot find $1.2 trillion in savings by the end of the year. One industry group estimates the debt deal could mean $150 billion to $200 billion in Medicare cuts in the next 10 years.
According to the report, the healthcare industry, with one of the most powerful lobbies, already spent approximately $300 million to influence lawmakers in the first six months of 2011.
Read the news report about hospital lobbyists fighting the debt deal.
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"It will be a full-court press to work with the committee to make our views known," AHA Executive Vice President Richard Pollack said in the report. "Our hospitals are in every congressional district in the country. Our patients are Republicans and Democrats. We are very concerned about where this is going to go."
President Obama recently signed into law a debt deal that would mean billions of dollars in cuts to the Medicare program if a special Congressional committee cannot find $1.2 trillion in savings by the end of the year. One industry group estimates the debt deal could mean $150 billion to $200 billion in Medicare cuts in the next 10 years.
According to the report, the healthcare industry, with one of the most powerful lobbies, already spent approximately $300 million to influence lawmakers in the first six months of 2011.
Read the news report about hospital lobbyists fighting the debt deal.
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