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AMA Reiterates Qualified Support for Health Care Reform Bill

Posted Mar 19th 2010 5:20PM by Joseph Lazzaro (RSS feed)
Filed under: Politics

As President Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats continued to recruit those House Democrats who were undecided on the health care reform bill as of Friday afternoon, the majority party received some good news on the interest group front, as the American Medical Association reiterated its qualified support for the legislation.

"The pending bill is imperfect, but we cannot let the perfect be the enemy of the good when it comes to something as important as the health of Americans," J. James Rohack, M.D., AMA president said, in a statement. "By extending health coverage to the vast majority of the uninsured, improving competition and choice in the insurance marketplace, promoting prevention and wellness, reducing administrative burdens, and promoting clinical comparative effectiveness research, this bill will help patients and their physicians."

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AMA Endorses Senate Health Care Reform Bill

Posted Dec 22nd 2009 4:00PM by Joseph Lazzaro (RSS feed)
Filed under: Politics

As Senate Democrats prepared Tuesday for the third and final key vote in the Senate on health care reform legislation, the bill received the support of a powerful interest group -- the American Medical Association (AMA).

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.

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