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AMA Forum on Health System Reform
 
3:59
Twittermurphyj87 -  RT @texmed: Looks like ice cream truck guy is happy protesters cam to #amameeting. // Yay for insurance takeover of health care
3:59
Texas Medical Association -  Dr. Jim Rohack is going through HR 3962 and 3961 against AMA principles - access, quality, liability, Medicare SGR, patient-physician relationship, administrative simplification, voluntary public plan with negotiated rates.
4:00
Texas Medical Association -  Note: I advertised this event as including Dr. Rohack and Rep/Dr. Burgess. That was incorrect. Dr. Burgess is in DC voting on health care bill
4:01
Texas Medical Association -  Dr. Rohack says HR 3962 would equalize payments for Medicaid to Medicare levels - paid for by federal $$
4:02
Texas Medical Association -  Dr. Rohack: "Endorsement is like marriage, it's a commitment. Support is like engagement, we're still working on it." Physician owned hospitals, cuts for imaging services, future of HSAs, GME funding are issues AMA is still concerned about. Want more choice.
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Texas Medical Association -  Dr. Rohack says "this is in important time for us to seize the opportunity for health system reform to move America to a better place. If we don't do it now, the question is, 'When?'"
4:03
Texas Medical Association -  Chief AMA lobbyist Rich Deem now speaking.
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Texas Medical Association -  Rich Deem says "we succeeded because we persisted" in the 2008 fight over the SGR payment cut.
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Texas Medical Association -  Rich Deem: SGR is a patient access issue for seniors and military families. He expects vote on HR 3961, after Veterans' Day Holiday.
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Texas Medical Association -  Rich Deem says those arguing that SGR fix expands deficit are trying to peel doctors off of the bill. Temporary band aids have grown the problem from $49 billion in 2005 to $245 billion today.
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