Federal Advocacy

2012

Hospital leaders to travel to Washington, DC to discuss budget and deficit concerns:

Thursday, November 29 and Tuesday, December 11
American Hospital Association Advocacy Days

Hospitals concerned about quadruple threat of:

27 percent Medicare physician pay cut in January 2013
Bush tax cuts expire at year’s end
Social Security payroll tax holiday expires at year’s end
Automatic, two-percent sequestration cuts effective January 2013, as a result of “Super Committee’s” failure to strike deficit reduction deal in fall of 2011