Health Change Bulletin             |          April 1, 2010              |           Volume Two Issue Sixteen
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ue to Congress’ failure to repeal the flawed Medicare physician payment formula, a 21 percent cut in reimbursements will take effect April 1. It’s time for Congress to fix this problem once and for all. After all, it was Congress that created the SGR in 1997. Now Congress has to fix it." AMA President Dr. J. James Rohack

News

  

Seniors Fear Health Care Remake Will Hurt Medicare
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, The Associated Press, March 31, 2010

 

Boeing Expects $150 Million Health-Care Charge
Tess Stynes, Wall Street Journal, March 31, 2010

 

Obama Signs Final Piece of Health Care Bill
Carolyn Lochhead, San Francisco Chronicle, March 31, 2010

 

Ariz. Senate Committee Approves Health Care Suit
The Associated Press, March 31, 2010

    

Insurers Agree to Comply With Intent of New Health Care Law
CNN, March 31, 2010

    

Top Biotech Executives Differ on Health Care Law
Robert Weisman, The Boston Globe, March 31, 2010

    

Factbox-Details of Final U.S. Healthcare Bill
Reuters, March 30, 2010

 

Obama’s Medicare Nominee May Rekindle Health Debate
Drew Armstrong and John Lauerman, Bloomberg, March 29, 2010

       

How the Passage of Federal Health System Reform Legislation Impacts Your Practice
American Medical Association, March, 2010
       

Blogs

  

Congress Must Fix SGR Mess; Physician Legislators Can Help
Dr. James Rohack, On The Road With Dr. Rohack, March 31, 2010

    

Moving the Needle on Kids’ Enrollment in Public Insurance Programs
Catherine Hess, RWJF Health Reform Galaxy, March 31, 2010

 

Tweets

      

Health Care Bill Also Transforms Student Aid
Cato Institute, http://twitter.com/CatoInstitute, March 31, 2010

    

A California appellate court ruled that Schwarzenegger had authority to veto $300 million in health spending
American Medical News, http://twitter.com/amednews, March 31, 2010

  

President Obama Admits ObamaCare Not Cutting Costs Like He Promised

GOP Conference, http://twitter.com/gopconference, March 30, 2010

   

Video

    

Who is the Target of Reform Costs?

FoxBusinessNetwork, March 30, 2010

 

Shields and Brooks Tackle the Aftermath of Health

PBSNewsHour, March 26, 2010

 

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