Do politics belong in the exam room?

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Physicians are lobbying their patients on health care reform, but there is some question as to whether or not they are taking advantage of their power relationship over the patient to do so. Many medical ethicists believe that offering written information in a physician's waiting room is acceptable, but discussing the subject in the examining room is not. Some physicians want health care reform to include an opportunity for patients to choose their own physicians and be billed for individual services provided.

Physician and patient, Physician-patient relations, Political aspects, Ethical aspects

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Kentucky physicians fight 2% health provider tax

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Physicians and hospitals oppose a plan by Gov Brereton Jones of Kentucky to fund health care reform by a 2% tax on providers. Under the proposal, a health care regulatory organization would control insurance rates and physicians' fees. The Kentucky Medical Assn also opposes the bill, which includes global budgeting and mandatory reporting of outcomes. The hospital association has formulated a reform plan. Further details of each plan are outlined.

Planning, Tax policy, Kentucky

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State medical societies scrambling over Medicaid

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Lobbyists for state medical assns are actively campaigning to influence Medicaid spending legislation in both houses of Congress. Original forecasts of Medicaid spending cuts for some states have been modified, as formulas for determining federal participation are changed. Oregon's model for Medicaid may be in danger because of Republican cost cutting. Also, there is fear that state legislators may not administer block grants properly.

Medicaid, Administration of Public Health Programs, Health aspects, Laws, regulations and rules, Oregon

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