IPAB was created by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. According to the law, if IPAB fails to recommend spending cuts or does not become operational, the power to recommend cuts will rest in the hands of one individual – the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Many groups have expressed concerns about eliminating the transparency of hearings, debate, and meaningful opportunity for stakeholder input.
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ACEP News: Vol 31 – No 04 – April 2012“IPAB will not only jeopardize access, choice, and coverage of quality health care for our nation’s seniors, but will also increase health costs and shift the burden onto the private sector. This unaccountable rationing board is just one of many damaging components of [the health care law] that puts government in the way of the doctor-patient relationship,” Rep. Sessions said in a statement ACEP leaders would like to thank the emergency physicians who worked so closely with their members of Congress to ensure the bipartisan support of these efforts in the House.
The bill will now be sent to the Senate. ACEP will continue to provide its members with updates and action alerts as the bill progresses.
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