BREAKING: AMA Opposes House GOP Toxic Doc Fix

The American Medical Association (AMA) – one of the nation's top physician and medical student associations – sent a letter to Congressional Leaders voicing their strong opposition to the House Republicans' toxic "doc fix" slated to come to a vote this week.

From the letter:

On behalf of the American Medical Association (AMA), I am writing to profess our profound disappointment that a strong bipartisan, bicameral effort to repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate (SGR) has become a victim of partisan approaches to resolve budgetary issues.

The AMA continues to strongly support the physician payment and delivery system reform policy contained in H.R. 4015/ S. 2000, the SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014. Congress is closer than ever to enacting legislation that would repeal the dysfunctional Medicare physician payment system because it has worked in a bipartisan, bicameral manner for over a year. This policy will only become law if Congress collaborates in a bipartisan manner to resolve the fiscal matters associated with this legislation. [3/13]

Doctors and health insurance companies oppose this legislation. Seniors' organizations and advocates oppose this legislation. The Senate isn't going to pass it and the President won't sign it.

Time is running out.  Get serious, House GOP.