AMA Doesn’t Speak for Most Doctors by Dr. Lee Hieb 01/05/2010 The American Medical Association officially endorsed the Democrats’ health reform bill. An eager Barack Obama, of course, used this endorsement to claim that “doctors” […]
Legislation heavily promoted by the AMA and passed by the House of Representatives, H.R. 3961, would eliminate the 21% scheduled Medicare pay cut for doctors required by the sustained growth rate (SGR) formula. Yearly last-minute […]
The Sunday edition of the Chicago Tribune explains why the AMA may be supporting Washington’s takeover of medical care in the United States despite the uproar of physicians and patients. “As Democrats tout the American Medical Association’s endorsement of their health […]
Many critics of the Democrats’ “healthcare reform” call it “socialized medicine.” Advocates respond, condescendingly, that since the government would not own the means of production, and physicians would not be salaried by the American equivalent […]
THE LEFT & RIGHT AGREE… The bill should be killed. There are two more chances to kill the healthcare bill in the Senate tomorrow, so more action is needed. First, there will be a vote […]
To date 43 state, county and national medical societies, representing nearly one‐half million physicians, have stated their public opposition to the Senate healthcare overhaul bill, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590). It […]
For immediate release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Withdraw the healthcare bill and start over. That’s the message in a letter sent today to Sen. Harry Reid from a national physician association representing doctors in all specialties. […]
FROM “THE HILLS HAVE EYES” BLOG BY MICHAEL OSTROLENK It’s well known that true conservatives and libertarians oppose the present day medical reform efforts in both the U.S. House and the Senate. Now, they are […]
By Jane M. Orient, M.D. Uninsurance is portrayed as being like a disease; it has even been called an epidemic. At a minimum, it puts you one medical bill away from bankruptcy, and you might […]
The Office of the Actuary of CMS released an analysis of the Reid bill detailing increases in costs and expenditures, and unrealistic assumptions about Medicare “savings.” The bill is likely to make more providers unwilling […]
