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By Richard Amerling, MD Now that Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is the law of the land, we need strategies to safeguard the doctor-patient relationship ...

Reactions to the passage of health care reform: American Medical Association:  Dr. J. James Rohack, president “Historic passage of health system reform by the U.S. ...

After a year of contentious debate, Congress has finally passed the health care reform bill, which provides coverage to 32 million currently uninsured Americans and ...

After careful review and consideration, the American Medical Association (AMA) today announced its qualified support for the current health reform bill as a step toward ...

After more than a year of debate, it looks like there may be new health reform legislation after Sunday’s House vote on the reconciliation bill. ...

By Pennsylvania Senator Vincent Hughes Throughout my legislative career, I have been involved in efforts to provide access to high quality, reasonably priced health care ...

By Jeffrey C. Bauer, Ph.D. The title of this article is intentional, as odd as it may seem.  Futures is plural on purpose, and the ...

Primary care physicians agree they have a role in addressing obesity, but say they do not have the right weight management resources.  Obese or heavier ...

Great news for the readers of PhysiciansNews.com…..We’ve been named one of the best health related news feeds.  Nursingschools.net has released its top 100 list of ...

Today, the American Medical Association (AMA) and 95 state and specialty medical societies submitted formal comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) ...