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The American Medical Assn (AMA) has fought for physician input in health care reform. The White House reform team now welcomes physicians' views on health care issues. For example, the American Medical Assn was largely responsible for scuttling the idea of enterprise liability, a reform strategy that would have held hospitals and other medical institutions liable for physician malpractice suits. In addition, the Clintons have learned a great deal about health care. For example, Hillary Clinton has toured the Hawaii health care system, which embodies many of the AMA's ideas for reform.
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Physicians and hospitals must cooperate with payers to share control over health care reform, said speakers at the Hospital Medical Staff Section of the American Medical Assn's Interim Meeting. For instance, the relative-value- scale payment system limits physicians' charges for 4,000 procedures. Also, analysis of mortality statistics after cardiac surgery exerts pressure on health providers to show high standards. Among other suggestions, Nancy Dickey recommended that health consumers keep well-informed to make wise choices.
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Nurses with advanced degrees may claim the right to practice independently from physicians because of amendments to the District of Columbia's Health Occupations Revision Act. Doctors and medical societies are lobbying for nullification of the bill by Congressional oversight committees or by the whole Congress. Opponents claim poor persons would receive second-class care from nurses because of cost considerations.
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