House votes to block Medicare cuts to doctors, Republicans see a payoff to the AMA The Democratic-controlled House voted Thursday to add more ...
AMA opposes 'don't ask, don't tell;' says gay marriage bans contribute to health disparities The American Medical Association on Tuesday voted to oppose ...
American Medical Assn. supports House health care bill; stops short of full endorsement The American Medical Association says it supports the House Democratic health care bill, but it can't give a full endorsement yet. AMA President Dr. James Rohack said Thursday that ...
Dr. James Wang says he tries to tell his patients when extra medical procedures aren't necessary. If they insist, though, he will do it — not so much to protect their health as his own practice. After being sued for allegedly failing ...
Does the AMA matter in the health care debate? Congress is beginning to have its doubts, despite the medical association's deep pockets and platoons of lobbyists. It's lost its principles, some lawmakers and physicians say. Perhaps more damaging: It can't produce votes. ...
In this photo taken Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, Senate Finance Committee member John Cornyn, R-Texas, speaks during a health care reform hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. "I can't think of a more ineffective organization when it comes to dealing with Congress," ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced on Tuesday the creation of a nationwide database to help set health care reimbursement rates, benefiting patients who use doctors outside their insurers' networks and capping an industrywide probe. A new ...
Ohio struggles to find doctors willing to offer advice on best way to put inmates to death Ohio was on track this year to execute a record number of inmates. One botched execution and several lawsuits later, the death penalty is temporarily ...
Health care issues: Do doctors support overhauling the health system A look at key issues in the health care debate: THE ISSUE: Do doctors support reshaping the health care system? THE POLITICS: The American Medical Association, the most powerful doctors' group, has ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Worried about your child's flu symptoms but don't want to risk a visit to a germ-infested waiting room? A free interactive website from The American Medical Association, built with partners Microsoft and personal health record provider Healthy Circles, may ...
Analysis: White House, Democrats set sights on winning over doctors in health care battle In the special interest war over health care, the White House and congressional Democrats have the nation's drug makers and hospitals generally on their side; the insurance industry, ...
Analysis: White House, Democrats set sights on winning over doctors in health care battle In the special interest war over health care, the White House and congressional Democrats have the nation's drug makers and hospitals generally on their side; the insurance industry, ...
