Sustainable Growth Rate

Doctors stopping their treatment of patients -- or suddenly asking for direct payment to continue their services -- would have been devastating for the elderly, ill and most vulnerable among us.

Americans have become more skeptical of their government. Add to that skepticism Congressional inaction and its inability or unwillingness to fix the fatally flawed SGR which threatens patient access to care.

CHICAGO — The American Medical Association on Thursday endorsed a liberal health overhaul bill that includes a public insurance option, a bold s...