First up is this item:

That our American Medical Association is committed to working with Congress, the Administration, and other stakeholders to achieve enactment of health system reforms that include the following seven critical elements:

·                 Health insurance coverage for all Americans

·                 Insurance market reforms that expand choice of affordable coverage and eliminate denials for pre-existing conditions

·                 Assurance that health care decisions will remain in the hands of patients and their physicians, not insurance companies or government officials

·                 Investments and incentives for quality improvement and prevention and wellness initiatives

·                 Repeal of the Medicare physician payment formula that triggers steep cuts and threaten seniors’ access to care

·                 Implementation of medical liability reforms to reduce the cost of defensive medicine

·                 Streamline and standardize insurance claims processing requirements to eliminate unnecessary costs and administrative burdens.