Nearly all hospital groups come out against GOP Obamacare replacement

Associations representing virtually every type of hospital wrote to members of Congress on Wednesday to voice their opposition to the Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act.

"We are very concerned that the draft legislative proposal being considered by the House committees could lead to tremendous instability for those seeking affordable coverage," read the letter from seven hospital associations.

The associations include the largest — the American Hospital Association — as well as groups representing children's hospitals, psychiatric hospitals and Catholic hospitals.

Also Wednesday, the association for "safety net" hospitals that provide services to the lowest-income residents, including the uninsured, wrote to House committee leaders to voice their concerns about the House's failure to get the Congressional Budget Office to estimate the effect the bill would have on health care costs and the uninsured rate.

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"With legislation affecting the health care of nearly one in three people in the country, we believe it would be ill-advised for your committees to consider the legislation without a nonpartisan estimate of both the costs and coverage implications of the bills," read the letter from America's Essential Hospitals.

The outcry comes as mayors, governors and members of both parties in Congress are condemning the bill, especially its planned phaseout of the expansion of Medicaid to all low-income consumers.

"We are deeply concerned that the proposed Medicaid program restructuring will result in both the loss of coverage for current enrollees as well as cuts to a program that provides health care services for our most vulnerable populations, including children, the elderly and disabled," the groups said.

Deep cuts in what hospitals are paid "while dramatically reducing coverage will reduce our ability to provide essential care to those newly uninsured and those without adequate insurance," the groups said. "As a result, we cannot support the American Health Care Act as currently written."

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