Dear Majority Leader McConnell, Speaker Pelosi, Minority Leader Schumer, and Minority
Leader McCarthy:
The COVID-19 global health pandemic remains unprecedented in both the scale and scope of its
impact, and the response by the government and health care community to this crisis has been
similarly unparalleled. The reality of the current situation is clear – it will be at least several
months before life begins to return to “normal,” and the pandemic will continue to place
financial stress on our nation’s health care system, threatening the viability of those serving the
most vulnerable communities. It is for this reason that we ask Congress to extend the current
moratorium on the Medicare sequestration cuts, which are scheduled to return January 1, 2021,
until the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency.
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