April 13, 2021: MGMA applauds passage of legislation that extends the 2% Medicare sequester moratorium

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
April 13, 2021

Media Contact:
Emily Dowsett
Associate Director, Public Affairs
edowsett@mgma.com
 

MGMA applauds passage of legislation that extends the 2% Medicare sequester moratorium

Anders Gilberg
Senior Vice President, Government Affairs
Medical Group Management Association

"MGMA is relieved that Congress heeded our call to protect medical groups from the arbitrary 2% Medicare sequester cuts through the end of 2021. MGMA has long opposed the sequester cuts, a tax that penalizes medical practices for Congress’ inability to meaningfully address the country’s budgetary affairs. To reinstate the Medicare sequester in the middle of a global pandemic would threaten the viability of physician practices and adversely impact the patients they treat. We now urge Congress to work in a bipartisan manner to expeditiously pass legislation that would prevent an additional 4% Medicare spending cut next year due to the budgetary effects of the American Rescue Plan."

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