AMA Supports Health Reform, Opposes Mandates

The American Medical Association recently released a statement supporting health reform and expanded coverage for uninsured persons but opposing “any public plan that forces physicians to participate, expands the fiscally-challenged Medicare program or pays Medicare rates,” according to an AMA news release.

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The group stated that it is willing to consider other variations of a public plan that are currently under discussion in Congress, including a federally chartered co-op health plan or a level playing field option for all plans.

The statement came in response to a report by the New York Times, which stated the AMA opposed “the creation of a government-sponsored insurance plan.”

Read the AMA’s statement in support of health reform.

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