If the current Republicans’ health care bill becomes law, it could have a “fairly devastating effect” on the nation’s hospitals, Kenneth L. Davis, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Mount Sinai Health System, said in a recent interview on CNBC.
“You’re going to see a lot of the hospitals that take care of indigent populations, large Medicaid populations, have to close. You’re going to see diminished services. You’re going to see hospitals like ours, which are academic medical centers, find ways to cut other parts of our programs substantially,” he said in an interview with “Closing Bell.” According to the Congressional Budget Office, 14 million more people would become uninsured next year if the American Health Care Act is signed into law.