Government
AMA vote: No uninsured commission
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted July 11, 2005
The American Medical Association House of Delegates decided against creating a "crisis commission" looking at health care access for now, stating that such a move could result in a duplication of efforts.
Delegates from Massachusetts proposed a resolution at the AMA Annual Meeting in June to create the commission, which would have included representatives of organized medicine and health care policy-makers.
AMA leaders and other delegates noted that a reform group already being led by Families USA and UnitedHealth Group includes representatives from the Association. That coalition has been discussing care access since late last year.
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2005/07/11/gvbf0711.htm.
