Re: Campbell Bill Passes YEA!!
From: james connerth (babydoc@apex.net)
Fri Jun 30 17:10:41 2000
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
> >
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> --
> art fougner, md
>
> A series of 1000 cases begins with but a single anecdote.
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