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AMA House Ends on a Sour Note: The Policy & Practice Podcast


 

The American Medical Association's House of Delegates meeting wrapped up on Tuesday, June 21, a day ahead of schedule. The delegates touched on a wide range of issues over 4 days at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago. None was more hotly debated than whether the AMA should back the so-called individual mandate that's a central tenet of the Affordable Care Act.

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While much time and energy was devoted to that topic, delegates also discussed many public health, practice management and payment issues.

The nation's obesity epidemic was addressed in many resolutions. Pediatricians and medical students pushed for having the AMA take a strong stand on fast food, competitive eating, and physical education.

For that and more, listen to this special installment of the Policy & Practice Podcast:

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