Doctors Health Care Reform

Training Doctors to Speak the Language of the Law

Christine Nero Coughlin | Posted 01.14.2012

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Christine Nero Coughlin

Until we have clarity about how our future health care system will operate, pessimism will abound in the medical profession. My hope is that we can provide future doctors with a voice to enter the debate.

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RIP Marcus Welby, MD

Dave Chase | Posted 12.05.2011

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Dave Chase

What happened to the old family doctor represented by Marcus Welby? Insurance killed him. Fortunately, new practice models are changing that.

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Dem. Rep.: "The Lobbyists Are Winning" On Health Care Reform

nytimes.com | DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lobbying by doctors, hospitals and other health care providers, meanwhile, dimmed the prospects of various proposals to cut into their incomes, includ...

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Sam Stein

Obama Campaign Arm Has Doctor Pitch Health Care Reform In Ad

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Barack Obama's campaign organization released a new national television advertisement on Tuesday morning aimed at amplifying the White House...

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AMA Faces Revolt After Humiliating Senate Defeat

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Does the AMA matter in the health care debate? Congress is beginning to have its doubts, despite the medical association's deep poc...

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Doctors Say Congress Must Include Public Option In Health Care Reform

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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A new survey was released on Friday indicating overwhelming support among doctors that the public option must be included as a part health care reform...

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