The American Medical Association, which last week backed the House Democrats' version of a bill to overhaul health care, endorsed the measure not for what it is now, but for what it may yet become, the group's president says.
"We did not believe that the bill that was introduced was going to be the final bill, but we also believe that this was too early to call the bill and say, 'That's it, we're not going to play anymore,'" AMA President Dr. James Rohack tells Robert Siegel. "We believe, like a baseball game, we're in the second inning." NPR
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009
AMA Backing House Bill as Work in Progress
Well, someone's backing the House bill--but not as it stands. On NPR, AMA president James Rohack said that health care needs to get done and the AMA knows that the House bill is a work in progress, so it chose to support it:
Monday, June 15, 2009
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Obama Speaks to the AMA June 15
Update 6-15: Watch the video here.
Obama speaks at 12:15 pm eastern. It might be live streamed at cnn.com or whitehouse.gov/live.
Update 6-11: AMA says it's not in favor of a public insurance option, so this ought to be an interesting speech.
President Barack Obama will have a homecoming of sorts when he addresses the American Medical Association's annual meeting in Chicago on Monday.
The theme of his address is the same as his appearance at a "town hall-" styled event Thursday in Green Bay, Wis.: Healthcare reform. The president is pressing Congress for healthcare legislation this summer.
The administration, asked today if it is concerned about criticism that the president is getting the government involved in everything - and now health care, too -- told the television network reporter who asked the question: Don't worry, the White House has no interest in owning a TV company.
On Monday, the president will "start with the recognition that the health care system status quo is unsustainable and he'll outline the case for health care reform,'' White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said today. "He'll make clear why we can't afford to wait another year or another administration to bring down costs that are crushing families, businesses, and government.'' The Swamp
Read about his town hall in Wisconsin here.
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