Coalition TV ad urging Congress to protect hospital care continues
The Coalition to Protect America’s Health Care has extended its TV buy for another week, as Congress continues to negotiate a physician payment fix. The TV spot and this week’s schedule of placements can be found here. Large-scale print ads also are appearing at Reagan National Airport through March. A one-year fix of the Sustainable Growth Rate for Medicare physician payment is set to expire March 31. AHA is a founding member of the coalition.
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