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Giving thanks for medicine's bountiful harvest

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Medical professionals scored an unprecedented number of legislative victories in 1996. The passage of the Kennedy-Kassenbaum bill, one of the more celebrated victories of 1996, will establish medical savings accounts as a health care financing option and improve patient access to healthcare. Additional legislative accomplishments include antitrust relief, mental health parity, the removal of gag clauses from insurance contracts in several states and fraud and abuse safeguards.

Administration of Public Health Programs, Health Care Services, Laws, regulations and rules, Political activity, Medicare

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Med ed cuts threaten U.S. leadership in medicine

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Federal budget cuts in medical education subsidy programs could have a devastating effect on the future of the healthcare industry. Physicians are concerned that educational spending cuts will impact medical technology and decrease US leadership in global healthcare. Research funds, which attract and retain skilled faculty, may be in jeopardy if the federal cuts are approved.

Social aspects, Finance, Column, Government spending policy, Medical education, Graduate medical education

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$1.7 million distributed in new AMA-ERF donations

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The American Medical Association Education and Research Foundation (AMA-ERF) awarded $1,707,603 to medical schools to support medical education. The annual grants are funded by individual physicians, members of the AMA Alliance and additional contributors. A full list of the AMA-ERF grants awarded to schools of medicine and osteopathy in Mar 1996 is included.

Donations, Medical colleges, Medical schools

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