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Advocacy Efforts
December 2009 Healthcare Reform Articles
The New York Times - Federal Employees’ Model
The New York Times - Push for Deal on Public Health Plan
The Hill - Two issues threaten to divide Senate Dems on healthcare reform
Washington Post - The Rundown
The New York Times - Sweeping Health Care Plan Passes
November 7, 2009
Handing President Obama a hard-fought victory, the House narrowly approved a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s health care system on Saturday night, advancing legislation that Democrats said could stand as their defining social policy achievement.
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The Hill - Snowe to vote 'yes' on Finance Committee Healthcare Bill.
October 13, 2009
Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) said Tuesday she would vote to approve the healthcare bill before the Senate Finance Committee.
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The Wall Street Journal - WSJ.com - Opinion: The War on Specialists
ObamaCare punishes cardiology and oncology to finance GPs.
October 6, 2009
In President Obama's Washington, medical specialists are slightly more popular than the H1N1 virus. Compared to bread-and-butter primary care doctors, specialists cost more to train and make more use of expensive procedures and technology—and therefore cost the government more money. Even so, the quiet war Democrats are waging on specialists is astonishing.
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National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, September 2009
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
THE BRIEFING ROOM
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For immediate release
August 31, 2009
As a Nation, we have made significant progress in the fight against prostate cancer. Over the last decade, prostate cancer mortality rates have fallen substantially. Yet, despite this progress, among men in the United States prostate cancer remains the most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second leading cause of cancer deaths. One in six men in this country will be diagnosed with prostate cancer. National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month is an opportunity to renew our commitment to find better ways to prevent, detect, and control this disease. More...
Statement from the American College of Surgeons Regarding Recent Comments from President Obama
Contact:
Sally Garneski
312-202-5409
pressinquiry@facs.org
Barbara Hemberger
952-346-6232
bhemberger@webershandwick.com
RELEASED: August 12, 2009
CHICAGO--The American College of Surgeons is deeply disturbed over the uninformed public comments President Obama continues to make about the high-quality care provided by surgeons in the United States. When the President makes statements that are incorrect or not based in fact, we think he does a disservice to the American people at a time when they want clear, understandable facts about health care reform. We want to set the record straight. More...
The Washington Post - "Doctors Reap Benefits By Doing Own Tests"
By Shankar Vedantam
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, July 31, 2009
In August 2005, doctors at Urological Associates, a medical practice on the Iowa-Illinois border, ordered nine CT scans for patients covered by Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield insurance. In September that year, they ordered eight. But then the numbers rose steeply. The urologists ordered 35 scans in October, 41 in November and 55 in December. Within seven months, they were ordering scans at a rate that had climbed more than 700 percent. More...
New York Times – "New Poll Finds Growing Unease on Health Plan"
By Adam Nagourney and Megan Thee-Brenan
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
President Obama's ability to shape the debate on health care appears to be eroding as opponents aggressively portray his overhaul plan as a government takeover that could limit Americans’ ability to choose their doctors and course of treatment, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll. More...
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