The ACA has contributed to hospitals seeing higher volumes of insured patients, and those volumes would drop if the ACA is repealed or materially replaced, according to Fitch.
Fitch noted a repeal of the ACA may also slow the transition to value-based payment models and cause fewer people to keep prescription coverage, which would be modestly negative for the pharmaceutical industry.
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