The Latest from the NPA
NPA Challenges AMA Stand on Health Reform
NPA Policy Chair Dr. Christopher P. McCoy voices strong frustration with the AMA’s position on health reform. The blogosphere is abuzz and the phones keep ringing. CLICK HERE TO READ HIS POST: Dear AMA: I Quit!
Health Care Reform Week of Action - June 20-July 1
Plan for NPA summer days of action, June 20-July 1, with a trip to Washington! We are gearing up for a messaging training on June 24th with a rally and Hill visits planned for June 25th. If you’ve never been part of the DC legislative action, this is critical time for physicians to be involved! Click here to register your interest. If you can’t travel to Washington but are interested in hosting an echo event locally, click here.
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NPA SPEAKS OUT IN TELEVISED AD CAMPAIGN
NPA President-Elect Dr. Valerie Arkoosh advocates for a public health insurance option in a television commercial airing in six critical states. Click here to watch.
INTRODUCING THE "SECURE HEALTH CARE FOR ALL" CAMPAIGN
The National Physicians Alliance is determined to keep health reform at the top of the political agenda. Join us in our campaign to secure guaranteed, affordable, high quality health care for all. Click here to learn more.
New In Our Reading Room
- AMA Reporting Needs a Second OpinionThursday's New York Times article about the American Medical Association's opposition to the inclusion of a strong public option in health care reform had several serious flaws....
-- Media Matters, June 12, 2009 - Doctors’ Group Opposes Public Insurance PlanAs the health care debate heats up, the American Medical Association is letting Congress know that it will oppose creation of a government-sponsored insurance plan, which Pres. Obama and many other Democrats see as an essential element of legislation....
-- NYT, June 10, 2009 - The Cost Conundrum- What a Texas town can teach us about health careMcAllen, TX, is one of the most expensive health-care markets in the country. In 2006, Medicare spent fifteen thousand dollars per enrollee here, almost twice the national average. Why?
-- The New Yorker, June 1, 2009 - Warring Sides on Health Care Carry Their Fight to TV and Radio AdsThe battle over the future of health care has taken to the airwaves, with interest groups spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on television and radio advertisements supporting or attacking legislation they expect to emerge from Congress.
-- NYT, May 28, 2009 - Public health plan should be an optionOp-Ed by NPA President David Evans MD
-- Oregonian, May 25, 2009 - Blue Double CrossLess than two weeks have passed since much of the medical-industrial complex made a big show of working with President Obama on health care reform — and the double-crossing is already well under way....
-- NYT Op-Ed, May 21, 2009 - Physician Practice Interactions with Health Plans Cost $31 Billion A Year...As policy-makers consider ways to cut health costs, a new national survey of physician practices finds that physicians on average are spending the equivalent of three work weeks annually on administrative tasks required by health plans....
-- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, May 14, 2009 - Conflict of Interest in Medical Research, Education, and Practice[R]elationships between medicine and industry may create conflicts of interest, potentially resulting in undue influence on professional judgments.
-- Insitute of Medicine, Apr. 28, 2009 - A System from HellMy husband had excellent health coverage; our daughter had none. He faces chronic illness in in the twilight of life; she suffered a terrible injury just as her adult life was beginning. [T]hey span the complete spectrum of healthcare economics...
-- The Nation, April 27 2009 - Fighting for Our HealthWhen Congress takes up reform legislation, advocates will not only be fighting to pass a bill that restructures the healthcare industry; they will also have to persuade legislators to raise more than $1 trillion with a single vote....
-- The Nation, April 8, 2009