GOP Senator Says He Wants to Improve Health Reform, Not Repeal It at AHA Annual Meeting

Speaking at the AHA annual meeting, Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said Congressional Republicans will try to improve the health reform law rather than repeal it, according to a report by AHA News Now.

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Sen. Cornyn, a member of both the Senate Finance and Budget committees, said Republicans wants changes to promote interstate competition in the individual health insurance market, reform entitlements and medical liability, root out Medicaid fraud, encourage transparency in pricing and realign provider payment incentives to encourage higher value for care.

He criticized the reform law for “adding more people to a broken system without solving the problems that hospitals deal with every day.” He said half the newly covered under the will go into Medicaid, which has “serious access and reimbursement problems.”

Read AHA News Now’s report on health reform.

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