Re: Campbell Bill Passes YEA!!
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Fri Jun 30 17:49:03 2000
and that would be?
seriously, you're not excited at the possibilities, especially as we
prepare to celebrate our country's revolutionary and radical beginnings?
art
At Fri, 30 Jun 2000, james connerth wrote:
>
>increase your medication--
>
>"art fougner, md" wrote:
>
>> Hold on - i hear Handel playing in the background. thanks to all who
>> bugged their congressfolk!
>>
>> Art
>>
>> At Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Braun, R. Daniel wrote:
>> >
>> >Just got this from my State Society.
>> >
>> >Dan
>> >
>> >Special e-Reports June 30, 2000
>> >
>> >Campbell Antitrust Bill passes House by two-to-one margin
>> >
>> >Early this morning the U.S. House of Representatives passed an amended form
>> >of HR 1304, the "Quality Health-Care Coalition Act of 1999," by a vote of
>> >276 to 136. Rep. Tom Campbell, R-Calif., and 220 of his colleagues sponsored
>> >the bill.
>> >
>> >The landmark antitrust-relief legislation removes legal barriers and allows
>> >physicians and other health care providers to engage in joint negotiations
>> >with health plans. "This legislation is a great victory for self-employed
>> >physicians and organized medicine. It will level the playing field between
>> >private doctors and insurance companies," said Jim Zieba, J.D., ISMA's
>> >director of government relations.
>> >
>> >Zieba suggests ISMA members contact their representatives who voted in favor
>> >of HR1304 to express thanks for their support. Those representatives are:
>> >Julia Carson, D-10th District
>> >Baron Hill, D-9th District
>> >Tim Roemer, D-3rd District
>> >Mark Souder, R-4th District
>> >
>> >For more on the this issue, visit
>> >http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/basic/category/201.html.
>> >
>> >R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG
>> >Clinical Professor
>> >Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
>> >Indiana U. School of Medicine
>> >Indianapolis, IN 46202
>> >
>> >OBGYN.net
>> >International Representative for United States
>> >
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>>
>> --
>> art fougner, md
>>
>> A series of 1000 cases begins with but a single anecdote.
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art fougner, md
A series of 1000 cases begins with but a single anecdote.
