What is the latest on health care reform?
While the health reform bill has been signed into law, the reform debate is far from over. We anticipate many legislative attempts to repeal or revise some or all of this law. We also anticipate a need for our members to respond to the massive rule making process that will accompany implementation of the law as currently written. The voices of anesthesiology will need to be heard. Our specialty must continue to be engaged in assuring positive outcomes both on the legislative and regulatory fronts. As we demonstrated with our leadership in the medical community in opposing and stopping the proliferation of Medicare payment rates to other payers, our voices can and do make a difference. Our overarching goal is to ensure that remedies to the shortcomings of American health care strengthen, not threaten, the medical specialty of anesthesiology. Information about ASA’s reform-related activities are posted on the ASA website as circumstances dictate.
