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Hello John,
Next year is going to be a BIG one in Washington, with Congress having to deal
with several important deadlines on taxes, the debt ceiling, and health care.
At the top of Congress’ to-do list is extending the tax cuts that were enacted
in 2017.
Unless Congress acts by the end of 2025 to extend those tax cuts and,
hopefully, make them permanent, more than 60% of Americans will see their taxes
go up.
So, you may ask, what does that have to do with health care?
Well, the process that will be used to extend the tax cuts usually requires
Congress to offset the budgetary impact of the tax cuts. In other words, you
need lower spending to offset lower taxes.
There are several reforms to the health care system we could make that would
reduce government spending and make it easier to extend those tax cuts. These
reforms would also improve health care — a win-win!
Here is a big one that we’ve been pushing in Congress. With a new president
and Congress, we’re more confident than ever we can get it done — with your
help, of course!
I’m talking about the policy that directs Medicare to pay hospital doctors
more than it pays independent doctors for the exact same service — even if the
service isn’t provided at the hospital.
This policy weakens Medicare financially. It also leads to hospitals buying up
independent practices. They essentially game the system so they can get these
higher payments. That leads to higher prices for everyone, not just those on
Medicare.
There is a bill in Congress to end the dishonest billing.
It would stop Medicare from paying hospital doctors an inflated price
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. Instead, Medicare would pay hospital doctors the same as independent doctors.
In other words, the bill would make Medicare payments “site neutral.”
According to the experts at the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible
Federal Budget
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, adopting site-neutral payments would:
* Save Medicare $150 billion.
* Save Medicare beneficiaries another $100 billion in reduced out-of-pocket
costs.
* Potentially reduce the deficit by $200 billion if, as expected, commercial
insurance adopts similar changes.
That’s nearly a half trillion dollars in overall savings! Will you contact
your elected officials and urge them to support site-neutral payments for
Medicare?
Contact your lawmaker
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Congress can bring down health care costs for all Americans, reduce the
out-of-control government spending that is driving inflation, and help lower
taxes. Let them hear from you!
-Dean
Dean Clancy
Senior Health Policy Fellow
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
4201 Wilson Blvd, Suite 1000
Arlington, VA 22203
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