Doctors deeply divided over national health care reform

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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by Patricia Blochowiak - Jun. 29, 2009

Reasonably good discussion of the controversy about funding health care, often mistakenly called "health care reform." Omits mention of family physicians, the real problems that primary care physicians have when they have a lot of Medicare patients and can't afford to keep their offices open, and the Patient-Centered Medical Home, which would help make medical care more affordable.

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