Medicine's voice is the key to reform

Article Abstract:

The American Medical Association (AMA) played an important role in the adoption of health insurance legislation by Congress in 1996. The AMA supported provisions on insurance portability, medical savings accounts and health care fraud. Congress appears to be listening to physician concerns, as an AMA network made more than 4,000 telephone calls to legislators regarding the fraud provision. The AMA still wants expanded choice for patients and specified contributions toward health care financing from business and government.

Insurance Regulation, Health Regulation NEC, Editorial, Political aspects, Health care reform, Insurance law

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MSAs back in Medicare mix

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Key Republican legislators have promised to return provisions for Medicare medical savings accounts (MSAs) to the final version of budget legislation that, as of Nov 8, 1995, was in a House-Senate conference committee for. Democrats, using parliamentary maneuvers, stripped the provision from the Senate version of the bill. The status of several physician-backed provisions in the bill is discussed.

Administration of Public Health Programs, Health Care Services, Health Regulation, Laws, regulations and rules, Medical care, Budget, Budgeting, Budgets, Medical policy, Health policy, Medicare

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