Resident/Fellow Trustee Sought for MMA Board
May 22, 2025
The MMA Nominating & Leadership Development Committee is seeking candidates for a vacancy on the MMA Board of Trustees for a Minnesota resident/fellow.
Klobuchar Joins Group of Senators Urging Medicare Changes
February 29, 2024
Sen. Amy Klobuchar is among the 32 U.S. senators who have signed on to a letter “calling on Congress to scrap the 3.37 percent Medicare payment cut” that took effect on January 1.
“This bipartisan support reflects the deep concern across the country that these cuts endanger healthcare access for constituents, especially those in rural and underserved areas,” said AMA President Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH, in a statement.
“After three consecutive years of Medicare payment reductions, healthcare providers are at a breaking point and are struggling to maintain access to care for the Medicare beneficiaries they treat,” says the letter addressed to Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
“On behalf of patients and healthcare workers, Congress must urgently work together with the provider community to come up with long-term legislative solutions to reform the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA),” the letter says.
Click here for the letter.
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