ACP Expresses ‘Strongest Opposition’ to Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017
Urges Senate to reject the BCRA and instead start over and seek bipartisan agreement
Attributable to:
Jack Ende, MD, MACP
President, American College of Physicians
America’s Frontline Physicians Denounce the Better Care Reconciliation Act
Washington, DC (June 22, 2017)—The physician leaders of six organizations representing more than half a million of America’s frontline physicians are strongly opposed to the Better Care Reconciliation Act. The U.S. Senate’s proposed health reform bill contains provisions that would do great harm to patients by repealing and undermining essential coverage and key patient protections established by the Affordable Care Act and make health care unaffordable for millions of Americans.
ACP’s Initial Review of QPP Proposed Rule ‘Encouraging’
Attributable to:
Jack Ende, MD, MACP
President, American College of Physicians
June 21, 2017
Review Includes Small Practices, Cost Performance, ‘Pick Your Pace,’ Advancing Care Information, Risk Adjustment and APMs