In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), AMA Executive Vice President Michael Maves, while withholding endorsement, expresses support for many features of the bill: Huge premium increases for some. The AMA supports […]
It all sounds very reasonable: to set priorities, to use the most effective therapies, to serve the neediest first. Rationing is a given, say reform advocates. Insurance companies already do it. Let’s just make it […]
SENATE VOTES TO BEGIN FORMAL DEBATE ON HEALTH CARE BILL The Senate has voted to begin debate on the Senate healthcare bill, by a party line vote. As we wrote earlier today, even though […]
(UPDATE – SENATOR LINCOLN JUST ANNOUNCED SHE WILL VOTE WITH SEN. REID AS OF 1PM MST)
Senator Reid released the Senate’s version of the healthcare reform bill on Wednesday. It is even bigger than the House version, at 2,074 pages. The CBO estimates that it will cost $849 million over 10 years.
Vote may occur this week! Tell the Senate to “VOTE NO on motion to proceed.” Despite the delay in the CBO release of the scoring of the Senate healthcare bill, it looks like its analysis will be […]
Tell Congress “Vote NO on HR 3961” Doc Fix Bill NOT What the Doctor Ordered. Payoff to AMA for HR 3962 Endorsement? Survey shows MONEY is not primary concern of doctors, but government interference is.
ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, BETWEEN NOON & 3PM EST, JOIN CITIZENS FROM ACROSS THE USA AND TELL THE SENATE TO VOTE NO Please take these 2 steps:
People are fond of believing that the American Medical Association (AMA) represents physicians. But if representation follows revenues, the AMA’s most important customer is probably the federal government. In1983, an agreement between the Health Care […]
In his address to Congress on health care reform, Barack Obama cited Alabama as a state in which almost 90% of health insurance is controlled by one company. “[A]n additional step we can take to […]
