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Senate gridlock triggers cut to doctors

2010-03-01T14:00:26Z

<div><p>Political gridlock in the Senate triggered a legal requirement Monday for a 21 percent cut in Medicare fees to doctors, who warned they may have to limit care for seniors unless the reductions are reversed.</p><p>Hoping the Senate will act soon to stave off the cuts, the Obama administration directed Medicare billing contractors to hold off processing claims for...

Dell to sell services for AMA's new e-records

2010-03-01T07:45:33Z

<div id="subtitle">Dell brings hardware, tech consulting to American Medical Association's e-health record plan</div><div><p>Dell Inc. hopes to expand a key part of its business through a deal to sell computer hardware and technology consulting to medical practices that want to use new electronic medical records and related services fro...

Illinois court strikes down malpractice cap law

2010-02-22T11:53:08Z

<div><p>CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday declared unconstitutional a 2005 state law that capped damage awards for a plaintiff's pain and suffering at $500,000 against doctors and $1 million against hospitals.</p><p>It was the seco...

What Constitutes a Healthy Diet, And Why Should You Care?

2010-02-22T13:03:22Z

Having a healthy diet is very important to the level of your daily performance. Your good health is your most important asset. One of the greatest challenges we all face today is deciding what meals will have the greatest impact on our health. The media are not helping matters: They have flooded the marketplace with information on dieting, exercise, nutritional supplements, and numerous other matters relating to our health.<br><br>The unfortunate thing is that most...

Hemorrhoids Symptoms and Treatments

2010-02-22T23:42:49Z

Author: bcured

Hemorrhoids are abnormally or markedly swollen or dilated veins and interlacing blood vessels or nerves, in or around the anis often complicated by inflammation. Hemorrhoids typically occur in the right front of the body, right hind part of the body, and side of the body and universally affect adults and children.

External hemorrhoids are located below the pointed conical projections on the anis. Internal hemorrhoids are located above the pointed con...

US health care reforms change little, critics say

2010-02-23T11:29:42Z

<div><p>The health care reform bill passed by US senators Thursday tramples on women's abortion rights and leeches off working Americans while enriching the insurance industry and changing little, critics said.</p><p>The National Organization for Women (NOW) blasted the measure as a "disappo...

AMA supports latest Senate health care bill

2010-02-23T12:51:32Z

<div><p>The American Medical Association is supporting the latest version of a Senate health care overhaul as the legislation moves toward a final vote Christmas Eve.</p><p>Dr. Cecil B. Wilson, the association's president-elect, announced the group's stance Monday after the Senate overcame a key tes...

Senator seeks sources of health groups' funds

2010-02-23T19:00:19Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The senior Republican on the Senate Finance Committee has asked the American Medical Association and 32 other medical groups to disclose the financial backing they receive from drug and medic...

Senate opens work on healthcare bill

2010-02-23T22:33:46Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate began work on a sweeping healthcare overhaul on Monday, with senators on both sides pouncing on findings in a nonpartisan budget report on insurance premiums to bolster their arguments.</p><p>With the debate expected to last up to three weeks, Senate Democratic leader

House moves to protect doctors from Medicare cuts

2010-02-24T03:07:52Z

<div id="subtitle">House votes to block Medicare cuts to doctors, Republicans see a payoff to the AMA</div><div><p>The Democratic-controlled House voted Thursday to add more than $200 billion to the deficit to prevent steep Medicare payment cuts to doctors, a move Republicans denounced as a political payoff.</p><p>The measure, approved on a near party-line vote of 2...

AMA Urges Repeal Of Military Gay Ban

2010-02-24T07:12:50Z

<div id="subtitle">Members of the nation's largest doctor's advocacy group voted Tuesday to oppose the military's ban on open gay service</div><div><p> <p>Members of the nation's largest doctor's advocacy group voted Tuesday to oppose the military's ban on open gay service, the AP reported.</p> <p>American Medical A...

AMA votes to seek repeal of 'don't ask,don't tell'

2010-02-24T07:15:30Z

<div id="subtitle">AMA opposes 'don't ask, don't tell;' says gay marriage bans contribute to health disparities</div><div><p>The American Medical Association on Tuesday voted to oppose the military's 'don't ask, don't tell' policy, and declared that gay marriage bans contribute t...

Medical association backs health system reform

2010-02-24T07:27:07Z

<div id="subtitle">American Medical Association members reaffirm support for health system reform</div><div><p>The American Medical Association on Monday rebuffed dissident members and voted to stick with support for ongoing health reform efforts, while reiterating wariness over proposals that threaten doctors' pocketbooks and independence.</p&...

Doctors' group backs U.S. House healthcare bill

2010-02-24T08:55:08Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The influential American Medical Association on Thursday said it supported passage of the Democratic-written healthcare legislation that the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on thi...

Obama makes push as health care vote looms

2010-02-24T09:23:58Z

<div><p> President Barack Obama on Thursday mounted an 11th-hour push behind his top domestic priority, urging lawmakers facing a critical weekend vote on remaking US health care to "pass this reform."</p><p>Obama hoped to win over waverers and stiffen supporters' spines in the White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs looks on as U.S. President Barack Obama arrives for a statement in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House on November 5, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama in today's Daily Briefing thank...

Doctors' group supports House health care bill

2010-02-24T09:27:27Z

<div id="subtitle">American Medical Assn. supports House health care bill; stops short of full endorsement</div><div><p>The American Medical Association says it supports the House Democratic health care bill, but it can't give a full endorsement yet.</p><p>AMA President Dr. J...

Family doctors group loses members over Coke deal

2010-02-24T09:51:01Z

<div><p>Advice about soft drinks and health from one of the nation's largest doctors groups will soon be brought to you by Coke.</p><p>The American Academy of Family Physicians has prompted outcry and lost members over its new six-figure alliance with the Coca-Cola Co...

Health care dispute: Costs of defensive medicine

2010-02-24T09:56:41Z

<div><p>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.</p><p>After being sued for allegedly failing to diagnose a case of appendicitis, Wang says he turned to what's known as "defensive medicine," ordering extra tests, scans, consultations and ...

THE INFLUENCE GAME: Doctors' lobby in tricky spot

2010-02-24T13:26:47Z

<div><p>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.</p><p>It's lost its principles, some lawmakers and physicians say. Perhaps more damaging: It can't produce votes.</p><p>After a humiliating defeat in the Senate, the venerable