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This Week In Washington

Senate Unveils Health Care Reform Bill
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) Nov. 18 unveiled health care reform legislation that would expand coverage to 31 million uninsured Americans. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates 94 percent of the nation's population (excluding unauthorized immigrants) will have health care coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590). The bill represents a merger of health care reform legislation passed by the Finance (S. 1796) and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (S. 1679) committees. Sen. Reid hopes to hold the first procedural vote on H.R. 3590 before the Senate leaves for the Thanksgiving recess.

House Approves Physician Payment Legislation
The House of Representatives Nov. 19 passed (243-183) AAMC-supported legislation that averts a scheduled 21.2 percent reduction in Medicare's 2010 physician payments. The Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act (H.R. 3961) establishes a 1.2 percent update for 2010 (the percentage increase in the Medicare Economic Index). It also eliminates the $210 billion sustainable growth rate (SGR) deficit, rebases physician payments, and establishes two new service-specific target growth rates.

AAMC Testifies at HIT Standards Committee Meeting
AAMC Chief Health Care Officer, Joanne Conroy, M.D., Nov. 19 testified before the Health Information Technology (HIT) Standards Committee on teaching hospitals and health systems' experience with data theft, loss, and misuse. In her remarks, Dr. Conroy highlighted the unique security issues AAMC members face because of the number of patients they treat, the number of sites - both inpatient and outpatient - where they provide health care, the number of individuals they employ, the students they train, and the clinical research they conduct.


Publications

Legislative Update AAMC Legislative and Regulatory Update, October 2009 (PDF)
Read this summary of the major legislative and regulatory actions of importance to medical schools and teaching hospitals.

AAMC Policy Priorities (PDF)
The AAMC and its members look forward to working with the Obama administration and Congress to promote policies that will strengthen our nation's health.

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