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Health Care Reform Struggle Will Not End This Year

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

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No matter what healthcare bill passes, it is not going to remain static. It is going to be revisited again and again over the next few decades. That's how lawmaking works.

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AMA Votes To Seek Repeal Of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'

AP | LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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CHICAGO — The American Medical Association on Tuesday voted to oppose the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, and declared that gay marri...

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AMA, AARP Support House Health Care Bill

AP | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is trumpeting endorsements from the AARP and the American Medical Association of House Democrats' health car...

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AMA Faces Revolt After Humiliating Senate Defeat

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

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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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Boring

Neil McCarthy | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

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Even the lies are ... Boring.

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Harry Reid: AMA Misled Me, Means Health Care Setback

The Hill | Alexander Bolton | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has told colleagues that he was given bad information by the American Medical Association (AMA), which will...

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Lessons From Letterman in Health Reform

Robert Reich | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

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If Obama doesn't weigh in forcefully and say "no" to the hush money arranged in January for Big Pharma, big insurance, and the AMA, America's middle class will get walloped. And so will he in 2012.

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AP Fact Check: No 'Death Panel' In Health Care Bill

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin says the health care overhaul bill would set up a "death panel." Federal ...

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AMA Endorses House Health Reform Bill

AP | LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

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

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AMA Reverses Position, Says Open To Government-Funded Insurance

CNN | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics

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(CNN) -- The new president of the American Medical Association, which represents the interests of the nation's doctors, said Wednesday the group is op...

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The Political Stakes in the Battle for Health Care

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

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A victory on health care would reinvigorate the progressive movement that elected Obama, and secure the president's place as one of America's great presidents.

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Obama Finally Said It

Stephen Herrington | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics

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Private business is no better at running anything than the government. Yes, the private medical insurers should be afraid -- government can kick their ass.

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Lobbying & Universal Health Care

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

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A one-year moratorium on lobbying would help change the debate from universal health insurance to actual universal health care.

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Time for Obama to Start Spending Political Capital

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

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By early 2010, Obama and his party will, fairly or not, be increasingly judged by what they have accomplished in office, not by how deftly they have handled political challenges.

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AMA Support Can Secure The Public Option

Sahil Kapur | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

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It's time for AMA physicians to take back the compassion and honor that led them into their profession and support the public alternative.

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AMA Refuses To Support Public Health Care Option

AP | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

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CHICAGO — The American Medical Association has declined to take a firm position on President Barack Obama's proposal to create a public health i...

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Four Reasons Why Giving Consumers the Choice of a Public Health Insurance Plan Is Great Politics for Democrats

Robert Creamer | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics

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The private health insurance industry has begun to spin the narrative that offering consumers a choice of a public health insurance plan is never going to pass Congress. This narrative is flat wrong.

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Could Doctors Go the Way of Record Companies?

RJ Eskow | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

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Watching the AMA defends its turf on issues like doctor reimbursement is like watching the RIAA file copyright lawsuits against teenagers, even as its business model collapses around it.

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Obama AMA Speech: WATCH LIVE, FULL TEXT

Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

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President Obama is addressing the American Medical Association. Watch his speech live below. The full text, as prepared for delivery, is below the vi...

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Obama AMA Speech: President Urges Doctors To Back Reform

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON and JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

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CHICAGO — President Barack Obama bluntly told doctors Monday he is against their highest legislative priority _ limiting malpractice awards _ an...

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Note to POTUS: Pointers on Speaking to American Medical Association

Howard Wolinsky | Posted 07.13.2009 | Chicago

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The AMA is already on record as opposing your plan for government-sponsored health insurance for the tens of millions without health insurance.

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Dear AMA: I Quit!

Dr. Chris McCoy | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics

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I simply cannot support an organization that opposes the public health insurance plan for my patients.

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American Medical Association Trying To Torpedo Health Care Reform Again

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics

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Just days before President Barack Obama is set to address the American Medical Association to pitch its members on his vision for health care reform, ...

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Will The VA Take On Big Insurance?

Peter J. Ognibene | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics

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The Department of Veterans Affairs faces a crucial decision: Will it take on the private insurance companies that have long enjoyed a free ride at the VA's -- and taxpayers' -- expense?

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Remembering Studs

Howard Wolinsky | Posted 12.02.2008 | Chicago

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Studs was an advocate for progressive change and I wish he had lived long enough to hear what he had to say on the outcome of Tuesday's Presidential election.

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