DJP Update 6-18-2010 Happening now in Congress: Senate passes six-month SGR fix; House still has to vote on this; other recent tweets
The tweet and the comment have the info.
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When will Congress REALLY eliminate SGR & price-fixing?!! RT @medpagetoday BREAKING: Senate passes six-month SGR fix
35 minutes ago via Echofon
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DJP COMMENT: This is a stand alone bill, H.R. 3962, just for the extension of the SGR passed in the Senate and it passed by unanimous consent. The House adjourned already for the weekend so the earliest the House can address this is next week. The Senate bill gives a 2.2% increase in reimbursement levels for June-November of this year.
Meanwhile, like the Spartans at Thermopylae, we anxiously await for AMA to weigh in with the need to implement the elimination of price-controls and implement the policy of AMA House of Delegates, namely, “immediately formulate legislation for an additional payment option in Medicare fee for service that allows patients and physicians to freely contract, without penalty to either party, for a fee that differs from the Medicare payment schedule and in a manner that does not forfeit benefits otherwise available to the patient.”
Let not our AMA history be the doctors in practice caring for the sick were not reinforced timely and thus suffer the fate of those brave Spartans who fought for principles and refused to give up. Crisis abounds now and no need to wait for September for the legislative language deadline in the AMA resolution!
Words mean something but resolutions passed are worthless if not implemented by courageous action. The clock continues to tick for Medicine.
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ADDITIONAL RECENT TWEETS
Check out this reversal of comment by the proponents of the law as to whether the new law is a tax or not!
Wow! RT @M_P_T Opinion: Obama Admin. Argues in Court That Individual Mandate Is a Tax http://bit.ly/c7FPu3 Agree?#tcot #hcr
about 2 hours ago via Echofon
Thanks! @DrBob_Southlake Check out THE highlight of..AMA meeting in Chicago http://bit.ly/ajdT38
about 23 hours ago via Echofon
Insight to leadership RT @BobbyJindal We need action down here on the Gulf Coast not just words. http://twurl.cc/2z4l
12:38 PM Jun 17th via Echofon
AmericanMedicalAssociation elects Peter W. Carmel, MD as Prez-elect & BoT winners DrAnnis, DrMcAneny, DrPermut & DrSirio
2:22 PM Jun 15th via web
More re AMA breaking news #Medicare & patients/docs freely contracting #DJPUpdate 6-14-2010http://tinyurl.com/2emnpqk #hcr
7:49 PM Jun 14th via web
AMA Breaking News! #AMA HoD passes new policy directing legislation for patients and physicians to freely contract #hcr
7:11 PM Jun 14th via web
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Donald
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