Health care policy President Biden signs bill to delay Medicare sequester cuts until the end of 2021 Law extends the moratorium on a 2% cut to Medicare physician claims. April 14, 2021Wednesday AOA Staff Contact AOA Staff Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email On Tuesday evening, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1868 by a vote of 384-38. On Wednesday, President Joe Biden signed it into law. This law extends the moratorium on a 2% cut to Medicare physician claims for the remainder of 2021. The cuts would have been automatically triggered by a process called sequestration. The delay will forestall $18 billion in Medicare cuts, according to Medpage Today. In March, hundreds of DO Day participants met virtually with their representatives and advocated for legislation to eliminate Medicare sequester cuts during COVID-19. Many in the osteopathic medical community also wrote to their legislators in support of this issue via the Osteopathic Advocacy Network. More in Advocacy Update on student parity advocacy Osteopathic organizations are joining together to pursue equitable treatment of DO applicants to training programs, the reduction of medical training biases and additional efforts to support DO trainees. Students and health policy: The importance of getting involved and where to start Osteopathic medical students have a variety of opportunities available to them when it comes to participating in and influencing the health care policies that will directly impact their future patients. Previous articleHow DO students/graduates matched to their top-choice residencies in 2021 Next article6 historical artifacts that tell a story about osteopathic medicine
Update on student parity advocacy Osteopathic organizations are joining together to pursue equitable treatment of DO applicants to training programs, the reduction of medical training biases and additional efforts to support DO trainees.
Students and health policy: The importance of getting involved and where to start Osteopathic medical students have a variety of opportunities available to them when it comes to participating in and influencing the health care policies that will directly impact their future patients.