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Doctors embrace medicare, malpractice reform. (AMA National Advocacy Conference).
WASHINGTON--The undercurrent in the hotel ballroom ranged from "Right on!" and "You said it!" to a standing ovation and a loud roar of approval. It seemed that no matter what politicians from the White House and Capitol Hill said, the members of the American Medical Association were ready to give it their stamp of approval.
The attendees at the AMA's annual legislative conference were treated to an enthusiastic pitch for tort reform by AMA president-elect Donald Palmisano.
"The real problem is, how do you get access for the baby who's been knocked unconscious in Wheeling, W.Va., and there's no neurosurgeon? All we can do is advocate for our patients," said Dr. Palmisano, a New Orleans surgeon and attorney. In addition to tort reform, there are plenty of other health issues on the Senate's plate this year, said Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.). "If you look at the 10 agenda items I set for the U.S. Senate, 5 are medically related," Dr. Frist said.
He lauded President George W. Bush for his recently announced proposal to spend $15 billion on the global AIDS problem.
Other speakers at the meeting, which this year was recast as a national advocacy conference, included Reps. Bill Thomas (R-Calif.) chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, and Billy Tauzin (R-La.), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Rep. Thomas said he was pleased that Congress was able to stop the scheduled 4.4% cut in Medicare reimbursement for physicians in the current fiscal year, instead giving them a 1.6% increase. "There was a cold front coming in, but we've been able to reverse that and there's now a warming trend," he said, pretending to hold up a weather map.
Physicians at the meeting saved their most enthusiastic response for President George W Bush's comments on tort reform legislation.
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