By Stephanie O’Neill Air Force veteran Billy Ramos, from Simi Valley, Calif., is 53 and gets health insurance for himself and for his family from Medicaid — ...
Read More »New policy aims to help doctors and medical students combat burnout
With increasing evidence that physicians and physicians-in-training are facing increased burnout, depression and suicide, the AMA adopted policy this week aimed at improving physician and ...
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By Julie Rovner As Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) tries to negotiate his way to a health bill that can win at least 50 Republican ...
Read More »The McConnell Health Plan: Repeal Obamacare, But Hide the Pain
By Michael McAuliff Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is well aware of the political peril of taking health benefits away from millions of voters. He also ...
Read More »AMA Says GOP’s Health Care Bill Violates ‘First, Do No Harm’
The American Medical Association (AMA) today, in a letter to Senate leaders, outlined its opposition to the Better Care Reconciliation Act. Throughout the health system ...
Read More »AARP Wants Senate to Reject Health Care Bill
By Nancy LeaMond This new Senate bill was crafted in secrecy behind closed doors without a single hearing or open debate—and it shows. The Senate ...
Read More »Senate Health Care Bill is Awful for Children
By Fernando Stein, MD The U.S. Senate’s health care legislation, at last unveiled today, fails to meet children’s needs. The bill fails children by dismantling ...
Read More »Twitter fires back when diabetes conference tries to block photo sharing
By Emily Kopp Attendees at the American Diabetes Association’s Scientific Sessions in San Diego this year — many of them young researchers who are active ...
Read More »AMA helps doctors, med students prevent and manage obesity
Recognizing that obesity remains a primary health concern impacting an increasing number of Americans, the American Medical Association (AMA) adopted policy during its Annual Meeting ...
Read More »Is this “ask your doctor” advertisement educational or overly emotional?
By Julie Appleby An overhead light drawing attention to his face, actor Danny Glover starts to cry, dropping his head into one hand — then, ...
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