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Bill Complicates Drive to Add Doctors
New York City :: NY :: USA | 5 days ago
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A handful of Democratic senators are pushing to change pending health-care legislation so that it would help increase the country's stock of primary-care doctors, heeding warnings that the bill may exacerbate the difficulty some Americans already have...
Tags: Senate Democrats, care doctors, americans medical, primary care, residencies slots, New York City, Health Medical Pharma, Healthcare, Health economics, United States National Health Care Act, Politics, Social Issues, Healthcare reform in the United States, Medicare, Family medicine, Medical education, Publicly-funded health care
Obama hails AARP, AMA endorsements
Washington :: DC :: USA | 27 days ago
Credibility American Medical Association and pass the bill on Saturday, in a rare appearance at the White House briefing. Mr. Obama strode into the Brady Press Briefing Room unannounced, and delivered a roughly three-minute statement before press secretary Robert...
Tags: White House, Obama Welcomes AARP, House of Representatives, House Dem, Mr. Obama, health care, americans medical, house briefing, healthcare reform, care bills
AMA endorses House Democrats' health care bill
Ama :: LA :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility The 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 past on health reforms. In its strongest action yet signaling...
Tags: House of Representatives, White House, house committee, Barack Obama, healthcare reform, The American Medical Association, care reform, americans medical
Doctors signal they'll work with Obama
Ama :: LA :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility The 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 ended it Wednesday by signaling they won't close the door on one of his key...
Tags: Barack Obama, health care, public option, americans medical, care reform, American Medical Association
Doctors group: Obesity not a disability
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility Sun-Times News Group The American Medical Association Tuesday said obesity shouldn't be considered a disability, because it could limit doctors' ability to talk to patients about their weight. Defining obesity as a disability under the Americans with...
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AMA avoids firm stance on health insurance option
Ama :: LA :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility The American Medical Association has declined to take a firm position on President Barack Obama's proposal to create a public health insurance program. The AMA delegates meeting in Chicago agreed Wednesday to support health care reform alternatives that...
Tags: AMA, Barack Obama, health care, americans medical, The American Medical Association, public option, Major Papers Expunge Obama, care reform, president barack, health insurance
Obama lobbies doctors on healthcare reforms
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility Obama took his healthcare campaign to the annual meeting of the influential American Medical Association, which represents 250,000 doctors and has historically been opposed to a bigger government role in healthcare. "If we do not fix our healthcare system,...
Tags: health, america, insurance, healthcare reform, Barack Obama, American Medical Association, americans medical, Chicago, president obama
Obama to push health reform before doctors' group
Washington :: DC :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility President Barack Obama will make his case for reforming the U.S. health-care system before an influential doctors' group on Monday, facing a skeptical crowd as he stumps for an overhaul by October. Obama is scheduled to speak to a meeting of the American...
Tags: health care, Barack Obama, americans medical, president obama
AMA wary of Obama health plans
Ama :: LA :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility If President Barack Obama wants to win U.S. doctors' support for his plans to expand medical coverage to more than 46 million uninsured Americans, he may need to hike physicians' pay from Medicare and install liability reform. Obama on Monday will address...
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Scientists warn of drug-resistant 'super-flu'
Ottawa :: Canada | 9 months ago
Credibility A new drug-resistant “super-flu” has become increasingly common and may pose a serious risk to hospital patients, scientists have warned. Two research papers, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, show that a drug-resistant mutation...
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