PRESS STATEMENT

December 11, 2013

Contact:   Larry McNeely
                 National Coalition on Health Care
                  lmcneely@nchc.org
                 202-638-7151, ext. 109

“As policy experts and representatives of health care stakeholders from across the political spectrum, we strongly support the SGR reform legislation before the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committees, and urge the Committees to advance this legislation to the full House and Senate.

Each of the bills be marked up tomorrow would establish a clear path to new payment models that support value and accountability for quality and costs. The leadership of the Committees deserve congratulation for drafting legislation that successfully pairs permanent repeal of Medicare’s Sustainable Growth Rate with reforms to the payment and delivery system that help lower the rate of growth in health care costs while improving the quality of care.”

Signatories

Joseph R. Antos, Ph.D.
Wilson H. Taylor Scholar in Health Care and Retirement Policy
American Enterprise Institute*

Kavita Patel, MD MS
Fellow and Managing Director, Economic Studies
Brookings Institution*

Joel C. White
President
Council for Affordable Health Coverage

Lanhee J. Chen, Ph.D
Research Fellow
Hoover Institution, Stanford University*

John Rother
President and CEO
National Coalition on Health Care

Gail R. Wilensky, Ph.D
Senior Fellow
Project HOPE*

David Kendall
Senior Fellow for Health and Fiscal Policy
Third Way

*  Denotes that the listing of this organization is for identification purposes only and does not imply organizational endorsement

Document: Press Release: Health Care Experts and Stakeholders Back Bipartisan SGR Repeal Legislation