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Resources

This collection of resources will help you navigate the ins and outs of health system reform as it currently stands. Visit here often to learn the facts about pending legislation and to get the details on the AMA's position on reform as we continue down this important path on behalf of America's physicians and patients.

Get Involved

H.R. 3961 Grassroots Action Kit
 - H.R. 3961 Summary
 - Growing Cost of SGR Fix
 - H.R. 3961 Grassroots Message

Health System Reform Resources
 - AMA Press Release: "AMA votes to continue commitment to health system reform"
 - Highlights of HOD Action on Health System Reform
 - H.R. 3962, the "Affordable Health Care for America Act" AMA Perspectives
 - Support H.R. 3961, the "Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009"
 - H. R. 3961 HOD Call to Action
 - Sample letter to the editor on H.R. 3961

2009 Advocacy Accomplishments

Letters of Support from Physician Organizations for H.R. 3961 and H.R. 3962:
 - American Academy of Family Physicians
 - American Academy of Ophthalmology
 - American College of Physicians
 - American College of Surgeons
 - American Osteopathic Association
 - American Psychiatric Association
 - American Society of Anesthesiologists 
 - American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
 - Medical Group Management Association

Senate Grassroots Action Kit:
 - Growing cost of eliminating SGR
 - SGR Background and Permanent Reform
 - Independent Medicare Commission
 - Repealing Medicare’s Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) System
 - Resource Use Outliers

Medicare payment action kit

Practice Management Center

Health System Reform Bulletin (e-newsletter)

Health System Reform articles from American Medical News

AMA Health System Reform Principles

Status and Procedures for Federal Health System Reform

The Need for Medical Liability Reform

Health System Reform Testimony and Correspondence

U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services: Health Insurance Reform Will Benefit All Americans

AMA Health Reform Policies

Health Care Glossary

S. 1776 Roll Call Vote

 

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