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OBAMA PITCHES PUBLIC PLAN: In his Annual Meeting address, the president told delegates, "What I am trying to do -- and what a public option will help do -- is put affordable health care within reach for millions of Americans."

AMA reaffirms stance in health system reform debate
The Association keeps its options open on public plan issue amid calls from some delegates to take a stand.

Delegates say don't shortchange specialists to fund care model
The AMA will ask CMS to help practices become patient-centered medical homes and to support models that allow non-primary care doctors to qualify.

RELATED: Index of Annual meeting stories

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American Medical News - June 29, 2009

GOVERNMENT & MEDICINE  Go to section
  Reform bills give some lawmakers sticker shock
  First draft of EHR "meaningful use" definition unveiled
  Biologics don't need long market exclusivity, FTC says
  Access-to-care problems are resurfacing in Mass.

PROFESSIONAL ISSUES  Go to section
  Lawsuits test boundary rights of medical patents
  AMA meeting: Doctors get to see how ethics bar is set
  Some licensing questions at odds with the ADA
  AMA meeting: Doctors object to penalties for avoiding EHRs
  AMA meeting: More to do on tobacco control
  AMA meeting: U.S. needs national HIV/AIDS strategy
  AMA meeting: Vitamin D checks urged
  AMA meeting: Comprehensive sex ed said to have most impact
  AMA meeting: AMA looks for ways to trim rising student debt
  AMA meeting: Physician supervision of nurses sought in all practice agreements
  AMA meeting: Delegates renew efforts for antitrust relief AMA meeting: AMA urges Web system for prior authorizations
  AMA meeting: AMA exhorts doctors to offer charity care, help the uninsured
  AMA meeting: Delegates see boosting quality of care as duty

OPINION  Go to section
  FDA oversight means public health victory on tobacco
  AMA Leader Commentary - AMA connects with doctors at each stage of their careers
  Letters - EHRs a financial burden with no payback for late-career physicians and others

BUSINESS  Go to section
  Twitter: What's the use?
  Minn. health plan consortium develops online claims portal
  Final health plan reaches settlement over Ingenix database
  Practice Management - Overwhelmed by phone calls? Adding lines, staff not the answer
  Quick View - Ways patients are cutting health care costs
  Contract Language - Law means rethinking how you protect patient data

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