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The AMA, arguably one of the most powerful lobbies in Washington -- certainly one of the most respected -- has announced its support for the latest version of the bill, The Associated Press reported Monday. However, the AMA is still seeking a separate Senate action to repeal the existing Medicare payment formula for doctors, in order to prevent periodic reimbursement cuts.
"All Americans deserve affordable, high-quality health coverage so they can get the medical care they need – and this bill advances many of our priority issues for achieving the vision of a health system that works for patients and physicians," AMA President-elect Cecil B. Wilson said, The Boston Globe reported Monday.
Assuming Senate Republicans continue with parliamentary tactics primarily designed to delay the vote on the health care reform bill for as long as possible, Senate Democrats hope to vote and pass the bill on Thursday December 24, Christmas Eve.
Political/Economic Analysis: Without question, the AMA's backing is a pivotal factor in the bill's prospects. The Obama administration prudently made the AMA a key advisor in the bill's formulation process: it's hard to envision a health care reform bill this wide in scope becoming law without the group's backing.
Assuming Senate Republicans continue with parliamentary tactics primarily designed to delay the vote on the health care reform bill for as long as possible, Senate Democrats hope to vote and pass the bill on Thursday December 24, Christmas Eve.
Political/Economic Analysis: Without question, the AMA's backing is a pivotal factor in the bill's prospects. The Obama administration prudently made the AMA a key advisor in the bill's formulation process: it's hard to envision a health care reform bill this wide in scope becoming law without the group's backing.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
12-22-2009 @ 9:01PM
dkurtz628 said...
This AMA must stand for American-Mexican Association. I do not know any doctor that is for this mess. Also, they hate dealing with Medicare, because doctors have not had been able to increase their fees for service wth Medicare for about 10 years. Who is kidding who.
Just another reason that I know this health care bill is about population control.
12-30-2009 @ 12:19AM
Bill Williams said...
Yet another reason why the AMA does not represent me or many of my colleagues, they have lost touch with the reality we live in. dkurtz628 is correct, we haven't seen a "raise" in Medicare reimbursement in over 10 years, our cost to maintain a practice, however, has spiraled upward. Many local docs have already stopped accepting "new" Medicare patients, I doubt this will encourage a change. With the largest group ever to join the Medicare ranks in the horizon, I have concerns as to who will be taking care of these folks, particularly in view of the fact that our postgraduate programs are seeing fewer grads going into Primary Care.
12-22-2009 @ 11:45PM
cla1712 said...
Most people don't realize that only 29% of Doctors are members of the AMA. Most Doctor's don't support it and are very vocal about it!
12-23-2009 @ 10:52AM
Bill Dollar said...
Big Pharma and the totally rotten to the core Insurance Cartels have America by the thoat and will contiue their blood sucking ways. There is not real reform of these crooks! Never happen they own the politicians!
12-25-2009 @ 3:40PM
jma said...
Obama be Damned...To quote Dickens/Ebenezer Scrooge..."He should be boiled in his own pudding and buried with a sprig of holly through his heart"....
And the same goes for Pelosi, Reed and the rest of the back-stabbing 60 who voted in favor of this travesty being forced on the American Public...And for all the other criminal policies which they have passed, in the name of their Marxist-Socialist ideology, during Year One of Obama's Reign of Terror...They have chosen to ignore the voice of "We, the People" and , for that, they should be whipped to within an inch of their miserable lives and tarred and feathered and run out of town on a rail-road tie...
America...Rise up in anger and, come the 2010 elections, throw these back-stabbing bums out of office...All and Every One of them...
To Obama and his sycophantic cronies and backers...May you drop dead and rot in the darkest circle of Dante's Inferno...
To all Patriotic Americans...Merry Christmas...