We must repeal this bad piece of legislation and replace it with reforms that will expand coverage while lowering costs.
Work to repeal the health care law and replace it with reforms that expand coverage while lowering costs.
Occurrences
Evidence
Congressman Sam Graves and Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski reintroduced the bipartisan Save America’s Rural Hospitals Act to help struggling rural hospitals stay open and continue serving their communities. Graves said he was proud to reintroduce the bipartisan bill to make commonsense reforms, keep rural hospitals open, and ensure folks can get the care they need without having to drive hours to find it. The bill would eliminate Medicare sequestration for rural hospitals, make Medicare telehealth service enhancements permanent for Federally Qualified Health Centers and Rural Health Clinics, and make permanent increased Medicare payments for rural ground ambulance services.
Assessments
The promised outcome was to work to repeal the federal health care law and replace it with reforms expanding coverage while lowering costs. The ACA was not repealed or replaced, so the substantive promised outcome was not delivered. Graves did materially support repeal-and-replace efforts while in federal office, including Republican repeal efforts, and the provided evidence shows continued health-care reform activity, but those actions did not achieve ACA repeal and replacement. The later rural hospital bill is related health-care policy, not fulfillment of the specific repeal-and-replace promise.