WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- In an ad running in today's issue of
The New York Times, the AMA is urging leaders of the Republican party to work
with the AMA to address critical issues facing U.S. health care. The ad says,
"There are about 200 million eligible voters. ALL of them have a stake in the
U.S. health care system." A similar ad ran during the Democratic National
Convention.
"With the election only two months away, voters are looking to the
candidates to specifically address important health care issues," said AMA
President John C. Nelson, MD, MPH. "There are six specific issues that deserve
special attention now to help heal our nation's health care system."
The ad stresses that "overwhelming numbers of Americans say their own
physicians are 'good' to 'excellent,' but our health care system has urgent
problems that must be addressed." The AMA specifically is urging policy-makers
to consider the AMA's Healing the System proposals for six critical issues:
* lack of health insurance and choice
* America's medical liability crisis
* patient safety
* strengthening Medicare
* financing care for low-income patients
* curbing managed care abuses
The ad also directs readers to the AMA's Healing the System Web site --
http://www.ama-assn.org/go/healingthesystem/ -- which has a downloadable
version of the ad.
SOURCE American Medical Association
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CONTACT:
Brenda L. Craine, Director, Washington Media,
of the American Medical Association, +1-202-789-7447, or
brenda_craine@ama-assn.org
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