The American Medical Association in September stood with lawmakers from both sides of the aisle calling on Congress and the next president to cover the tens of millions of people without health coverage. AMA President Nancy H. Nielsen, MD, PhD, joined Sens. Ron Wyden (D, Ore.) and Bob Bennett (R, Utah) and Rep. Michael Burgess, MD (R, Texas), in the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 18 to call for action on the problem of the uninsured, most recently estimated to number 45.7 million. More...

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