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Without bipartisan consensus there can be no permanent consensus on health care, said former Senate Majority Leaders Tom Daschle (D-SD) and Trent Lott (R-MS) while jointly addressing attendees today at the 2017 AHA Annual Membership Meeting. Both former senators expressed optimism that the parties鈥
The AHA today premiered a video honoring the 鈥渆very day heroes鈥 at America鈥檚 hospitals during National Hospital Week. 鈥淔or every patient, at every hospital and health system, a team of heroes is on call,鈥 the video notes.
Schumer urges hospitals to mobilize grassroots efforts Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) today urged the hospital field to mobilize its employees in a grassroots effort to defeat the American Health Care Act, which recently passed the House. 鈥淵ou have every right to express鈥
AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack today called on the Senate to 鈥渞eset the discussion鈥 over health care policy by rejecting the House-passed American Health Care Act. Kicking off the AHA Annual Membership Meeting鈥檚 Federal Forum, Pollack reiterated the AHA鈥檚 concerns about鈥
AHA Chairman Gene Woods yesterday set three goals for the field: expand access and coverage; re-engage with communities outside hospitals鈥 traditional walls; and end disparities in care.
Senate politics and procedures are likely to produce an "utterly different version" of the American Health Care Act than what passed the House last week, AHA Executive Vice President Tom Nickels said today, discussing the legislation's outlook at the AHA Annual Membership Meeting in a session with鈥
FBI Director James Comey today encouraged hospital and health system leaders to work closely with the FBI on reporting cyberattacks. 鈥淲e will be open and honest with you and treat you as what you are: victims,鈥 Comey said at the AHA Annual Membership Meeting. He said collaboration鈥
Citing progress that the Department of Veterans Affairs is making toward improving patient care, VA Secretary David Shulkin today said the agency鈥檚 key priorities are to give veterans greater choices about where they can receive care, modernize the system, focus its resources more efficiently鈥
Americans deserve health care legislation that lowers premiums and allows for affordable, adequate coverage of preexisting conditions, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) today told hospital leaders at the AHA Annual Membership Meeting.
Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) today told hospital and health system leaders that the American Health Care Act would give states the flexibility to tailor their medical programs to their most vulnerable residents. As the bill moves to the Senate, Burgess, who is chairman of the House Energy and鈥