Year: 2012
Resolution Number: 40
Action Taken: Approved as Amended
Status:
Author(s): P. Dileep Kumar, MD
Sponsor: P. Dileep Kumar, MD
On behalf of: St. Clair County Delegation
Committee: B (Legislation)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That our AMA diligently work towards repealing the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) that has been created by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; and be it further.RATIONALE: The Committee heard compelling testimony encouraging MSMS to work with the AMA to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). There is broad agreement within organized medicine regarding the potential of vesting too much authority into an entity with virtually no legislative oversight and accountability to the electorate. Overturning the provision within the Affordable Care Act that creates the IPAB is and should be a priority for organized medicine. However, the Committee did not conclude that an alternative decision making entity that has adequate physician representation would necessarily be politically feasible or any more likely to result in a better outcome for physicians. Consequently, the second resolved portion was stricken by the Committee. Repealing IPAB is the crucial first step to reform. When this occurs, the AMA can reassess the political and health care landscape and make a determination about how to proceed with some other process to mitigate spending on health care.
RESOLVED: That our AMA diligently work towards repealing the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) that has been created by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; and be it further.RATIONALE: The Committee heard compelling testimony encouraging MSMS to work with the AMA to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). There is broad agreement within organized medicine regarding the potential of vesting too much authority into an entity with virtually no legislative oversight and accountability to the electorate. Overturning the provision within the Affordable Care Act that creates the IPAB is and should be a priority for organized medicine. However, the Committee did not conclude that an alternative decision making entity that has adequate physician representation would necessarily be politically feasible or any more likely to result in a better outcome for physicians. Consequently, the second resolved portion was stricken by the Committee. Repealing IPAB is the crucial first step to reform. When this occurs, the AMA can reassess the political and health care landscape and make a determination about how to proceed with some other process to mitigate spending on health care.
Fiscal Note: NULL
Resolution: View PDF for Repeal IPAB and Replace it With a Body With Adequate Physician Representation