America’s Physician Groups’ Statement On U.S. House of Representatives’ Passage of H.R. 1

May 22, 2025
Contact: Erin Hemlin, APG Vice President of Communications
ehemlin@apg.org; tel. 202-770-1901

WASHINGTON —  The following statement may be attributed to Susan Dentzer, President and Chief Executive Officer, America’s Physician Groups:

“America’s Physician Groups is gravely concerned about the House reconciliation bill (H.R. 1) adopted today for the following five reasons:

  1. The Medicaid cuts in the bill are falsely premised on cutting waste, fraud, and abuse from the program, but they will mainly cause disenrollment and loss of coverage for millions of people, with serious negative consequences for them as well as for physician groups, hospitals, and the entire stressed U.S. health care system.
  2. The failure to extend enhanced premium tax credits for Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace coverage, and the other damaging ACA marketplace changes in the package, will also cause major losses in coverage and further harm.
  3. The SNAP cuts and loss of food assistance will imperil the ability of millions to obtain healthful food and lead to adverse health effects down the road.
  4. The fact that all these cuts in health care and social programs are being used to finance tax cuts that will primarily benefit the highest income taxpayers is inexcusable.
  5. And the additional fact that the entire package will drive up federal budget deficits and debt may not only necessitate cuts in Medicare due to sequestration but will also impair the nation’s ability to meet its other obligations to its people.

“APG will actively advocate for the Senate to make major changes in the bill and remove these provisions. The roughly 1 in 4 U.S patients whom our physicians serve deserve no less.”

 

About America’s Physician Groups
APG’s approximately 360 physician groups comprise 170,000 physicians, as well as thousands of other clinicians, providing care to nearly 90 million patients, including about 1 in 3 Americans and 1 in 3 Medicare Advantage enrollees. APG’s motto, ‘Taking Responsibility for America’s Health,’ represents our members’ commitment to clinically integrated, coordinated, value-based health care in which physician groups are accountable for the costs and quality of patient care. Visit us at www.apg.org.

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