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Senate sinks GOP health care reform effort
Assurances that ‘skinny repeal’ would go to conference committee didn’t suffice.
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From Obamacare to Trumpcare – implications for gastroenterologists
In this article, I will speculate how a right-leaning shift in American health care policy might impact the business model of gastroenterology.
Conference Coverage
Physician burnout common, not readily recognized by sufferers
CHICAGO – “But burnout is a very slow and insidious process. A lot of the time we don’t recognize it. . ."
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GOP health reform dead for now
No consensus has emerged on how to move forward with health reform.
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Health IT: Cybercrime risks are real
Feds offer six-point plan for increasing cybersecurity in medicine
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Malpractice reform: House passes bill to cap damages
Doctors, malpractice insurers back the legislation.
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CBO: Senate health care proposal marginally better than House-passed bill
Even with some improvements over the House bill, BCRA looks to do more harm than good.
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Senate health care proposal already facing uphill battle
Without support from all GOP senators, the plan as written could be DOA.
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Poll: Most voters oppose House and Senate health care bills
June polling shows little backing for provisions in the GOP reform bills.
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Supreme Court allows partial travel ban to proceed
Order gives some relief to foreign physicians, medical students.