Topic: American Medical Association
AMA, AARP support revised health care overhaul bill; AMA calls it step toward real reformThe nation's largest association of doctors and the AARP senior citizens' lobby are endorsing President Barack Obama's revised health overhaul legislation. James Rohack, the president of the American ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate began work on a sweeping healthcare overhaul on Monday, with senators on both sides pouncing on findings in a nonpartisan budget report on insurance premiums to bolster their arguments. With the debate expected to last up ...
House votes to block Medicare cuts to doctors, Republicans see a payoff to the AMAThe Democratic-controlled House voted Thursday to add more than $200 billion to the deficit to prevent steep Medicare payment cuts to doctors, a move Republicans denounced as a ...
American Medical Association members reaffirm support for health system reformThe American Medical Association on Monday rebuffed dissident members and voted to stick with support for ongoing health reform efforts, while reiterating wariness over proposals that threaten doctors' pocketbooks and independence. The action ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The influential American Medical Association on Thursday said it supported passage of the Democratic-written healthcare legislation that the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on this week. Dr. J. James Rohack, president of the AMA, said the ...
The American Medical Association is launching a coast-to-coast TV ad campaign to press Congress to approve higher payments for doctors treating Medicare patients. The doctors group announced the ads Thursday, a day after Democrats agreed to push a $247 billion bill through ...
As debate rages over public health plan, private insurers seem to be quashing competitionOne of the most widely accepted arguments against a government medical plan for the middle class is that it would quash competition — just what private insurers seem to ...
Obama confident health care overhaul coming soon, speaks of `about 80 agreement' in CongressPresident Barack Obama says he's confident his drive to overhaul health care will succeed. The president writes in Sunday's New York Times about "health insurance reform" and says his ...
AMA backs bill with public insurance option, its strongest support for Obama health overhaulThe American Medical Association on Thursday endorsed a liberal health overhaul bill that includes a public insurance option, a bold step for a traditionally conservative group with a checkered ...
AMA docs leave door open to public option insurance, signaling they'll work with ObamaThe nation's largest group of doctors began their annual meeting as a potential obstacle to President Obama's health care overhaul. After a big pep talk from Obama himself, they ...
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