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New Report to President and Congress Addresses ‘Serious Oversights’ in National Health Care Debate
A report (PDF – 49 pages) commissioned by the Physicians Foundation (PAI), a national health care organization that represents the interests of physicians, raises new questions about the role of […]
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Sen. Baucus Health System Reform Framework to be Presented
Sen. Max Baucus is presenting a new health reform framework (PDF) for consideration by the “Bipartisan Six” Finance Committee members who are attempting to develop a bipartisan health system reform bill was […]
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Gallup Poll Measures the Public’s Desire for Health Care Reform
A new Gallup Poll finds 39% of Americans saying they would direct their member of Congress to vote against a healthcare reform bill this fall while 37% want their member […]
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NCMS Board Takes Position on House Health Care Reform Bill
As President Obama visited Raleigh Wednesday for a Town Hall meeting on health care reform, the NCMS Board of Directors sent a letter to the North Carolina Congressional Delegation about […]
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Q&As – part 4
Q: How to negotiate to bring down healthcosts? A: Other countries threaten to copy drug costs & so insurers cut costs to avoid being out of the loop. There’s a decision to be […]
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Q&As – part 3
Q: Mental health: We had a great mental system in NC. In ’81, reform was passed in order to have the private system take over. It has decimated the system. Why […]
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Q&As part 2
Q: I don’t think what you’re proposing will come to fruition if the current bill passes. The current bill includes incorrect information, which is unacceptable. What do we need to get […]
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Q&A
q: You referred to rural areas losing physicians and being taken over by bigger and bigger hospitals. How do you see fixing that? A: Insurers are only benefited by expanding […]
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Senator Burr speaks – Part 3
I don’t think the current health care bill saves money. Massachusetts inacted a similar bill & now is having to bill companies to cover costs. If this passes, access […]
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Sen Burr speaks: part 2
I don’t believe that Gov’t involvement is the answer. Example: Medicare Part D. Offering Rx coverage to seniors. We created real competition our front & a risk adjustment afterward. We […]
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