AHA Agenda: Make Health Care More Efficient, Equitable, Stable

The American Hospital Association’s recently released 2021 advocacy agenda asks policymakers to make the health care system more efficient, financially stable and equitable by enacting medical liability reform, increasing electronic communication within the industry and collecting more data on race and ethnicity to improve health outcomes. The agenda also urged Congress and the Biden administration to create COVID-19 relief policy that offers increased support for providers, protection for patients’ access to insurance and permanent telehealth flexibilities. Expanding patients’ access to...