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.”
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