MGMA Statement on Passage of "One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act" (July 3, 2025)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
July 3, 2025

Media Contact:
Samantha Tirado
Director of Policy Communications 
stirado@mgma.org 
 

MGMA Statement on Passage of "One Big, Beautiful Bill Act" 

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

“Today's Congressional passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) paints a grim future for America's physician practices by stripping healthcare coverage from millions of Americans. While MGMA supports meaningful healthcare reform, it is not in the best interest of patients or providers to rescind coverage for 11.8 million people without providing an alternative pathway ​to receiving care. Make no mistake, these beneficiaries are not going anywhere. They will still find care in our US healthcare system. Only now, under the OBBBA, it leaves medical groups and hospitals to pick up the enormous tab. With these historic Medicaid cuts, dedicated physicians and medical practices committed to providing care in our country's most underserved areas will face growing financial burdens as they are forced to offer more and more uncompensated care.  

While we appreciate the inclusion of a one-year Medicare conversion factor increase for 2026, physician practices are still dealing with the detrimental consequences of this year's 2.83% cut, and a future one-year adjustment fails to provide long-term financial stability for practices. If the administration's commitment is to make America healthy, it must work with Congress to ensure both practices and physicians have the wherewithal to continue providing healthcare for all Americans.”

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About MGMA

Founded in 1926, the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) is the nation's largest association focused on the business of medical practice management. MGMA consists of 15,000 group medical practices ranging from small private medical practices to large national health systems representing more than 350,000 physicians. MGMA helps nearly 60,000 medical practice leaders and the healthcare community solve the business challenges of running practices so that they can focus on providing outstanding patient care. Specifically, MGMA helps its members innovate and improve profitability and financial sustainability, and it provides the gold standard on industry benchmarks such as physician compensation. The association also advocates extensively on its members' behalf on national regulatory and policy issues.