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“Viewpoints” | The Medical Community’s View on Health Reform

By: J James Rohack

Our country recently took an historic and long overdue step toward health system reform. While the new law is not perfect and more still needs to be done, this sweeping reform package will greatly benefit America’s patients and their physicians. For the last year, our country has been locked in heated debate over health system reform. There has been widespread agreement that the status quo is unacceptable and that we need reform, but there have been varying, and often conflicting, viewpoints on what to do about it. In the halls of ...

“Viewpoints” | An Rx For Health Care Reform

By: J James Rohack

As unemployment rises to its highest level in 24 years, one expected consequence is an increase in the number of Americans who may forgo needed health care because they lost their health insurance along with their job. The most common reason people have become uninsured in the past year is because they or someone in their family became unemployed. It’s become increasingly clear that health care reform will help jumpstart our economy. The American Medical Association (AMA) is calling for health care reform this year that provides everyone with a choice ...