AMA to Congress: Don’t repeal Obamacare without replacement

Published January 3, 2017 11:50pm ET



Congress must not replace Obamacare with a reform that covers fewer Americans, the American Medical Association wrote Tuesday in a letter to leadership.

The AMA acknowledged that ongoing problems with health insurance should be addressed, but said actions to ditch the Affordable Care Act should not result in fewer people getting health insurance. It also urged lawmakers to propose a specific replacement for the law before they take actions to repeal it.

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