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American Medical Association
AMA Committed To Health Reform This Year
June 27th, 2009
Statement attributable to: Nancy H. Nielsen, M.D. President, American Medical Association. "Make no mistake: Health reform that covers the uninsured is AMA's top priority this year. Every American deserves affordable, high-quality health care coverage. "Today's New York Times story creates a false impression about the AMA's position on a public plan option in health care reform legislation. The AMA opposes any public plan that forces physicians to participate, expands the fiscally-challenged Medicare program or pays Medicare rates, but the AMA is willing to consider other variations of a public plan that are currently under discussion in Congress....
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2009-06-27)
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