title: 'Stakes are even higher'.
abstract: While Congress continues to debate how and where to slice more than $450 billion out of the future growth of the federal Medicare/Medicaid programs, the American Hospital Association is in the midst of an aggressive advocacy campaign intended to minimize the impact on America's hospitals and health systems. In an exclusive interview with the editors of Georgia Hospitals TODAY, American Hospital Association President Richard Davidson outlined AHA's efforts and goals during the legislative process and stressed the need for all hospitals to be involved in educating their legislative representatives.
authors.affiliation: American Hospital Association.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Davidson
mesh_terms: D000573:American Hospital Association; D002017:Budgets / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D007882:Legislation, Hospital; D008119:Lobbying; D008484:Medicaid / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D016134:Organizational Policy; D014481:United States