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American Medical Association

Type: Organization

Name: American Medical Association

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 8 hours ago - 3 Documents (in Politics)

AMA, AARP and MOAA Call for Passage of House Medicare Reform Bill

Medical Information Health Care U.S. Medicare By American Medical Association - Nov 21, 2009 9:29:18 AMBill Repeals Broken Physician Payment Formula That Hurts Access to Care for Seniors and Military Families.Leading advocates for seniors, military families ... [Disabled World - 8 hours ago]

Entities: AARP, Medicare, Military/Armed Forces, American Medical Association, Nancy Nielsen

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 3 Documents (in Politics)

House passes 'doc fix' bill previously defeated in Senate

Washington (CNN) – The House voted Thursday to prevent cuts in coming years in Medicare reimbursements to doctors. However, the so-called "doc fix" bill was defeated earlier this year in the Senate, which is unlikely to reconsider the measure until ... [CNN Political Ticker - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Medicare, Federal deficit, American Medical Association

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 23 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Politics)

Republican Party (US)

House vote protects doctors' Medicare payments

WASHINGTON -- The Democrat-controlled House voted yesterday to add more than $200 billion to the deficit to prevent steep cuts in Medicare payment to doctors, a move that Republicans denounced as a political payoff.The measure, approved on a near party-line ... [Columbus Dispatch - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Medicare, American Medical Association, Republican Party (US), Michael Burgess, Joe Barton

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 3 Documents (in Politics)

Nancy Pelosi

Medicare physician payment system will ensure seniors' access to quality care, says Pelosi

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today on legislation that would permanently reform the broken Medicare physician payment system. The Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act, which passed by a vote of 243 to 183, repeals a 21 percent ... [News-Medical.Net - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Medicare, Nancy Pelosi, Physician, American Medical Association, AARP

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Medicine)

Do doctor's neckties spread swine flu?

Doctors' neckties may be vectors of communicable diseases, including swine flu, U.S. infectious disease experts say.The American Medical Association is considering a resolution that would recommend bans on doctors wearing neckties while they are in contact ... [UPI - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Swine Flu, Virus, British Medical Association

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Health)

Opinion Research Corporation

Florida should prepare to opt out

Our representatives in Washington have a new idea on : national, government-run health insurance that is optional on a state-by-state basis. This idea, pushed by Harry Reid, is effectively reviving the most controversial and wrongheaded idea in the current ... [Tampa Tribune - 11/19/2009]

Entities: American Medical Association, Health Insurance, Opinion Research Corporation, Affordable Health Care

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

Inslee Supports Landmark Health Care Reform

(Washington, D.C.) This evening, Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA) cast his vote in favor of H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act. This landmark legislation will for the first time address the health care needs of Americans and no longer make health ... [US House of Representatives - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Jay Inslee, Health Care, Health Care Reform, Affordable Health Care, Medicare

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Scary ads used against health-care reform

To the Editor:Recently, the American Medical Association, the American Cancer Society and the AARP endorsed the health-care reform bill currently being debated in Congress. Meanwhile, all the big health insurance companies have come out against it. They've ... [Tennessean - 11/19/2009]

Entities: American Cancer Society, AARP, American Medical Association

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Too Few Older Adults Get Recommended Screenings

Report looks to improve health of this group with better preventive careTHURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Screening for cancer and other preventive health measures can prolong lives, but only 25 percent of adults aged 50 to 64 in the United States ... [Forbes.com - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Binge Drinking, United States, Collaboration

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

White House endorses Medicare payment boost for doctors

The White House endorsed a $210 million measure that would prevent a 21% cut in Medicare payments to doctors and boost their fees over the next 10 years. The bill, which is supported by the American Medical Association, is expected to pass in the House ... [SmartBrief - 11/19/2009]

Entities: American Medical Association, Medicare, White House

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

House Passes Medicare Doc-Fix

Aiming to prevent a 21-percent reduction in Medicare doctor payments next year, the House today passed legislation scrapping the flawed formula that has dictated similar cuts for most of the decade. The count was 243 to 183, with 11 Democrats voting ... [The Washington Independent - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Medicare, Michael Burgess, American Medical Association

First Reported 18 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Politics)

Congress must fix Medicare

Regarding the Nov. 15 editorial "A $300 billion deception": Fixing the Medicare physician payment problem is essential to the stability of Medicare and the success of health-care reform. If Congress fails to repeal the formula now, the problem will continue ... [Washington Post - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Medicare, J. James (1814 cricketer), American Medical Association, Deception

Quotes

"This is nothing more than a repayment to the American Medical Association for endorsing the larger health-care bill that was on the floor several weeks ago" said Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas

House vote protects doctors' Medicare payments [Columbus Dispatch - 23 hours ago]

J JamesJames Rohack, M D President of the American Medical Association released a statement on the passage, saying: "The U S House of Representatives passed legislation today that permanently repeals the broken Medicare physician payment formula that hurts access to care for seniors, baby boomers and military families. This vote is an important step toward ensuring a more stable and secure Medicare system for the patients it serves. The American Medical Association thanks the members of Congress who put patients above politics and voted yes on H R 3961, the 'Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009.'"

House Passes Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act [Dotmed - 11/20/2009]

...'The conversation has shifted, and the goal has shifted,' says Dr. James Rohack, president of the American Medical Association (AMA). "We'll try to make health care more affordable. But if you don't give us protection for not ordering that test, you won't be able to have a health system that's affordable." Malpractice reform is also good politics. Polls show the public remains convinced that malpractice is a big problem...

Is It Time for Malpractice Reform? [American Prospect - 11/20/2009]

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House votes to protect doctors from scheduled M... [Minneapolis Star Tribune - 11/19/2009]
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Too Few Older Adults Get Recommended Screenings [Forbes.com - 11/19/2009]
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Blogs

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Drumbeat: November 20, 2009 [The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our ... - 11/20/2009] Peak Oil Files: Why Is Saudi Aramco Building Supercomputers? The biannual list of the world’s 500 fastest computers was released on Tuesday and Aramco had two new ...
Germ alert: Attack of the killer necktie! [CNET News.com - 11/20/2009] You may not know it, but deep within the ivory towers of hospitals a debate is raging over the future of the doctor's necktie. One company has turned the debate ...
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AMA see medical value in weed! [iMod - 11/17/2009] In a historic shift, the conservative American Medical Association has just voted to reverse its long held position that marijuana has no medical value; the group ...
Pharmacogenomics: Podcast interview with Medco’... [Health Business Blog - 11/17/2009] This is the transcript of yesterday’s podcast interview with Medco’s Felix Frueh. David Williams: This is David Williams, co-founder of MedPharma Partners and author ...

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A taxonomy of left-liberal opposition to the he... [Slate Magazine - 11/11/2009]
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