Comments on: As hope for a ‘public option’ fades, doctors pick up banner for government-run health insurance for all http://www.medcitynews.com/2009/09/as-hope-for-a-public-option-fades-doctors-pick-up-banner-for-government-run-health-insurance-for-all/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=as-hope-for-a-public-option-fades-doctors-pick-up-banner-for-government-run-health-insurance-for-all MedCity News Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:17:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Laura http://www.medcitynews.com/2009/09/as-hope-for-a-public-option-fades-doctors-pick-up-banner-for-government-run-health-insurance-for-all/comment-page-1/#comment-56835 Laura Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:39:05 +0000 http://www.medcitynews.com/?p=11897#comment-56835 I don't know too much about this but I know we need to be fair about health and not deny people. I am tired of this and don't know what to do as there aren't any open jobs in my area that are offering benefits that I am qualified for. I don’t know too much about this but I know we need to be fair about health and not deny people. I am tired of this and don’t know what to do as there aren’t any open jobs in my area that are offering benefits that I am qualified for.

]]> By: Quick Hits September 9 - October 14, 2009 | Jobs with Justice Blog http://www.medcitynews.com/2009/09/as-hope-for-a-public-option-fades-doctors-pick-up-banner-for-government-run-health-insurance-for-all/comment-page-1/#comment-29236 Quick Hits September 9 - October 14, 2009 | Jobs with Justice Blog Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:31:33 +0000 http://www.medcitynews.com/?p=11897#comment-29236 [...] health care reform in Whatcom County, WA,  Portland, Eugene,  Providence, Western Massachusetts, Cleveland, Indiana, and elsewhere throughout the [...] [...] health care reform in Whatcom County, WA,  Portland, Eugene,  Providence, Western Massachusetts, Cleveland, Indiana, and elsewhere throughout the [...]

]]> By: Weekend Rounds: Some docs mad as hell; Midwest researchers win big : MedCity News http://www.medcitynews.com/2009/09/as-hope-for-a-public-option-fades-doctors-pick-up-banner-for-government-run-health-insurance-for-all/comment-page-1/#comment-24603 Weekend Rounds: Some docs mad as hell; Midwest researchers win big : MedCity News Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:48:25 +0000 http://www.medcitynews.com/?p=11897#comment-24603 [...] picking up the slack — and then some. Through groups like Mad As Hell Doctors, these M.D.s are taking their message of a government-sponsored health care option for all on the road to cities like Cleveland, Ohio, and Washington, [...] [...] picking up the slack — and then some. Through groups like Mad As Hell Doctors, these M.D.s are taking their message of a government-sponsored health care option for all on the road to cities like Cleveland, Ohio, and Washington, [...]

]]> By: Bob Marston http://www.medcitynews.com/2009/09/as-hope-for-a-public-option-fades-doctors-pick-up-banner-for-government-run-health-insurance-for-all/comment-page-1/#comment-23755 Bob Marston Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:00:29 +0000 http://www.medcitynews.com/?p=11897#comment-23755 "Even the American College of Physicians, a national organization of internists, supports a public option in the health insurance market as one way to address the rising costs of health care insurance." The American College of Physcians is on record as endorsing two solutions to the current Healthcare Crisis. ACP not only supports the "Public Option" but also endorses Single Payer Healthcare as viable solutions. "Traditionally, doctors have worked through professional organizations, such as the American Medical Association (AMA), to make their policy desires known, said Jeff Smith, director of government relations for the Ohio State Medical Association, an AMA affiliate." The American Medical Association has a hideous history on this subject. They played a key role in defeating Harry Truman's attempt to implement a Universal Healthcare System in 1948. In 1964 the AMA unsuccesfully tried to strangle Medicare in the cradle. That program even had a name "Operation Coffee Cup". At the time the AMA was a powerhouse which represented nearly all of the medical profession. Since then it's membership has dwindled to 17% of the Medical Profession. “Even the American College of Physicians, a national organization of internists, supports a public option in the health insurance market as one way to address the rising costs of health care insurance.”

The American College of Physcians is on record as endorsing two solutions to the current Healthcare Crisis. ACP not only supports the “Public Option” but also endorses Single Payer Healthcare as viable solutions.

“Traditionally, doctors have worked through professional organizations, such as the American Medical Association (AMA), to make their policy desires known, said Jeff Smith, director of government relations for the Ohio State Medical Association, an AMA affiliate.”

The American Medical Association has a hideous history on this subject. They played a key role in defeating Harry Truman’s attempt to implement a Universal Healthcare System in 1948. In 1964 the AMA unsuccesfully tried to strangle Medicare in the cradle. That program even had a name “Operation Coffee Cup”. At the time the AMA was a powerhouse which represented nearly all of the medical profession. Since then it’s membership has dwindled to 17% of the Medical Profession.

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