"US Health-Care Groups Voice Concerns About Replacing ACA"
Few details have emerged regarding a replacement for the US health law. Susan Jaffe, The Lancet's Washington correspondent, speaks to stakeholders about the problems they foresee. About 2 million people in New York could lose coverage if funding to expand Medicaid eligibility ended, said David Reich, MD, president and chief operating officer of The Mount Sinai Hospital in East Harlem neighborhood. If that happens, Reich said “we lose our ability to use the new and innovative programs” the ACA facilitates. The ACA has started to move the health-care delivery system “toward one that's preventive in nature rather than reactive and disease-based,” he said. Provided in outpatient settings, preventive care saves money and keeps patients healthy. Learn more.