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J. James Rohack, M.D. http://online.wsj.com Joseph Nixon’s Cross Country column “Why Doctors Are Heading for Texas” (May 17) hit the nail on the head: Medical liability reforms, including a cap on non-economic damages, work. Therefore, if we know how to keep physicians in patient care instead of tied up in the courts, why hasn’t every […]

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http://youngphillypolitics.com/ Dr. Valerie Arkoosh, a local physician, issued a statement yesterday alongside many other Doctors, Nan Feyler of the Nutter Administration and uninsured leaders, showing the support of progressive doctors in the National Physician’s Alliance for major healthcare reform. “It’s not everyday that you see solidarity and hear a unified voice from doctors, patients, politicians […]

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By Jeffrey Krasner Massachusetts businesses yesterday joined with most of the state’s health insurers in a new lobbying group aimed at controlling healthcare costs and preventing more universal-coverage expenses from being shifted to employers. The Coalition for Affordable Health Care said it will fight efforts to increase assessments on employers who do not provide health […]

By CAROLYN FEIBEL http://www.chron.com/ Should you call an ambulance for a sprained wrist or child’s fever? A spider bite? The medical consensus is no, but every year thousands of people in the Houston area dial 911 for non-emergencies. Hoping to cut back on the number of ambulances responding to non-emergency calls, the City Council voted […]

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