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AMNews "Rename HCFA" poll

Poll results:

The poll ran for 10 days, from shortly after the possibility of a new name was made public, until June 14, when HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson announced that HCFA's new name will be the "Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services." Of 48 suggestions sent in by our readers, 21 were added to the original two. Of the 23 names on the ballot at the close of voting, four had double-digit results: the original two choices, MAMA (18) and NHA (24), keeping HCFA's existing name (26), and "National Health Insurance Administration" or NHIA (457), which was the object of an organized vote-boosting campaign. The other 26 suggestions were either in questionable taste (10), attempts to vote for names already listed (10), or garbled/too long.

See further coverage on the HCFA reform (AMNews, July 2).

This poll is now closed. Results continue to be viewable below.

Original poll:

HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson has floated the idea of renaming the Health Care Financing Administration to something more friendly, such as MAMA, the Medicare and Medicaid Administration (AMNews, June 11). Tell us what you think would be a good name for the agency.

Add your vote for one of the names below or propose a better name to add to the list. (All but the top two names were suggested by participants in the poll; names are added in the order received.)

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Thank you for your vote. New suggestions will be added at regular intervals, and final results will be published at the close of the poll.

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