110.982 Lowering Health Care Costs
MSSNY will continue to work together with the AMA to advocate for measures that help reduce healthcare costs including but not limited to the following areas:
(a) ensuring a health care delivery environment where physicians can have a meaningful choice of whether to be in private practice or health system-employed;
(b) ensuring meaningful patient choice of health insurance coverage options in all regions of New York State;
(c) increasing patient access to needed prescription medications and reducing PBM interference;
(d) reducing litigation;
(e) reducing administrative and regulatory burdens that interfere with patient care delivery.
MSSNY will continue to work together with the AMA to advocate for measures that help reduce healthcare costs including reducing obesity and managing chronic conditions.
MSSNY will continue to work together with the AMA to more fully educate legislators, the media and the public generally of data showing that spending on physician services represents only a small component of overall health care costs. (HOD 2020-63; referred to Council; substitute resolution amended and adopted by Council 1/14/21)
