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Washington, D.C.听(June 28, 2012) 鈥� Today, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act. The following is the National Association for Home Care & Hospice鈥檚 (NAHC) official statement, from President Val J. Halamandaris:

鈥淣AHC has long supported reforms that increase access to health care for all in the United States and supports health delivery reforms and the expansion of Medicaid eligibility. The ACA rightly shifts the focus of care from inpatient services and institutional care to the community setting, which home health agencies and hospices have effectively served for decades. NAHC believes that the Affordable Care Act can and should be improved. Accordingly, NAHC will continue to work with both Democrats and Republicans to improve the legislation.听NAHC will ask that its implementation date be delayed for two years so that states have the time to prepare for implementation, including the creation of exchanges. This delay will also save approximately $200 billion, which can be applied to deficit reduction, extending the SGR “doc fix” and avoiding the need听for any further cuts to Medicare. NAHC will continue to argue that home health care has been cut disproportionately and听will oppose the imposition of copayments or additional cuts. NAHC believes that a good case can be made for expanding the scope of Medicare home health services to reduce hospitalization costs and improve services for the 5 percent of Americans who are responsible for 50 percent of total U.S. health care costs.鈥�

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