“Encourage lawmakers to view health care from the shoes of the patient. Now doctors are concerned they won’t even get a say as Republicans in the Senate meet behind closed doors on the AHCA with reports emerging that they may gradually roll back the Medicaid expansion. “We're especially concerned that a number of states have provisions that halt their expansion of Medicaid if at any point, federal dollars are no longer guaranteed." The AMA and other doctor groups have long advocated for health insurance for all Americans, supporting coverage for pre-existing conditions. Some see the Senate as pursuing a more moderate proposal, but media reports out of Washington indicate the Medicaid expansion is vulnerable to being eliminated over a six to seven-year period.

Source: Forbes June 11, 2017 13:07 UTC