Doctors deeply divided over national health care reform

Minneapolis Star Tribune by Chen May Yee | Jun. 29, 2009 (Special Report)
The American Medical Association is one powerful voice on the subject, but it's far from the only one. The AMA opposes President Obama's public insurance option, which he will try to push through Congress this year. But the AMA represents only 20 percent of physicians.

Far from being a monolithic group, the nation's doctors reflect a spectrum of views -- based on personal experience, mission and financial self-interest -- that mirrors the way Americans in general have different hopes for health care reform. Full Story »

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3.6
 by Fabrice Florin - Jun. 29, 2009

Informative report on the growing debate between doctors about President Obama's public insurance option. This article seems factual, and reasonably gathered, citing stakeholders on both sides of the issue - including the American Medical Association, which opposes some forms of public coverage, as well as the many doctors who disagree with that position.

Doctors in lower-paid practices — psychiatry, pediatrics, emergency medicine and internal medicine — were most likely to support national health insurance. Those in higher-paid areas — surgical subspecialties, anesthesiology and radiology — were least likely.

(based on a study from Indiana University)

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