Baumert, others watching evolution of GOP bill's proposals

Local health care officials are watching development of the Republican health care plan carefully.

The American Health Care Act, as it is called, was introduced Monday and has passed in two committees of the U.S. House of Representatives.

The bill is expected to reach the House floor by the end of the month.

“The biggest concern I have right now with the proposed legislation is the impact on Medicaid expansion and the federal government funding their share of the Medicaid program in the future,” said Steve Baumert, president and CEO at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital.

Daily Nonpareil: Bluffs health care officials watching evolution of GOP bill's proposal