February 12, 2021
The Honorable Nancy Pelosi Speaker U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 |
The Honorable Charles Schumer Majority Leader U.S. Senate Washington, DC 20510 |
The Honorable Kevin McCarthy Minority Leader U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 |
The Honorable Mitch McConnell Minority Leader U.S. Senate Washington, DC 20510 |
Dear Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader Schumer, Leader McConnell, and Leader McCarthy:
The American Medical Association and undersigned national specialty and state medical societies represent the vast majority of physicians practicing in the United States, many of whom continue to provide frontline care to Medicare patients as the COVID-19 global pandemic persists across the country. We are deeply concerned that persistently high COVID-19 rates will continue to stress the entire health care system, especially physician practices. To help alleviate the unrelenting fiscal demands of the pandemic, we strongly urge Congress to pass legislation that would extend the congressionally enacted moratorium on Medicare sequester cuts through the duration of the public health emergency (PHE).