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CMA Summary of Additional Points: The House Tri-Committee Health Reform Discussion Draft

CMA Summary of Additional Points: The House Tri-Committee Health Reform Discussion Draft

This summary of additional points should be read only after reading the Summary of the House Tri-Committee Health Reform Proposal prepared by congressional staff. Below are additional details of interest to physicians. The House Draft Bill is a long (852 pages) complex document. CMA is seeking clarification on several issues and will prepare a definitive summary and analysis.

Unethical Medical Expert Witness Testimony

“There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things because the innovator has for enemies all those who have done well under the old conditions and lukewarm defenders in those who may do well under the new.” — Machiavelli, The Prince

If you are completely satisfied with the state of medical jurisprudence in this country, do not read any further.

AMA Interim Meeting

“Together we are stronger.” Our AMA’s new motto was introduced to the House of Delegates at its interim meeting in Atlanta as part of a multi-dimensional PR campaign that highlights the tremendous contribution America’s physicians make to our country. The delegates watched a moving and inspirational three-minute film reminding us all why we are physicians and how much we mean to others. As the House worked through its business of debating and creating policy, delegates were reminded that the likelihood of success in influencing others depends on the unity with which we speak.

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