Recent studies found that doctors have mixed views about reforming the health care system. A survey published by Investors Business Daily (IBD) found that 65% of physicians surveyed oppose the proposed government health care system reform plan. Seventy-two percent (72% ) disagree with whether proposed legislation can cover 47 million more people with better quality at lower cost.
U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Montana) introduced the America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009 on Wednesday. A press release from the Committee stated that the “landmark health care reform legislation would lower costs and provide quality, affordable health care coverage.”
North Carolina has entered the second wave of the Pandemic A (H1N1) flu, and state health officials are offering guidance for clinicians to meet the challenge.