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March 30, 2010

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Guest Blogger: Rep. Michael Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) on Obamacare’s Impact on Doctors

Rep. Michael Burgess

As the health care reform debate began over a year ago, the American Medical Association, the top doctors group in the country, released a list of its top priorities for health reform. The AMA is a powerful association, and many have credited it with helping to kill HillaryCare, so the organization, of which I am a member, was in a good position to impact President Obama’s health care reform plan and accomplish some of doctors’ long-awaited goals. Remember, without doctors, there is no health care, so it is important that health reform address the issues that are important to doctors and will help them keep their doors open and better serve America’s patients.

Two of the AMA’s top priorities are also two of the main reasons I decided to run for Congress almost 10 years ago – repealing the flawed Medicare physician payment formula, and nationwide medical liability reform. Unfortunately for doctors, Democrats in Washington, who have had control of Congress for over 3 years, have shown absolutely no signs of seriously addressing either of these issues. But with the AMA’s clout, I was hopeful that this time, with comprehensive health care reform a major goal for President Obama, these two big issues would finally be addressed.

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August 26, 2009

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Poll: Public Opinion of ObamaCare Now Bad or Worse than HillaryCare in 1994

A new national survey out from Public Opinion Strategies, an Alexandria, Va., survey research company that has done several polls on health care reform, shows Americans’ see President Barack Obama’s health care agenda as nearly the same way they did for President Bill Clinton’s plan in 1994.  

Company co-founder and partner Bill McInturff in a press release called the data “highly problematic” for Obama, saying it highlights the struggle his administration and Democratic leadership have had in promoting their health agenda to the public .

The survey — conducted August 11‑13 among 800 registered voters — offers nearly identical results of public opinion now versus June 1994, when the company conducted a similar survey:

– Back then, 67 percent of American adults were familiar with Clinton’s plan. Today, 64 of Americans say they’re familiar with Obama’s plan.

– Even more Americans are opposed to Obama’s health agenda than Clinton’s (37 percent today versus 35 percent in 1994).

The survey notes that opposition to Obama’s health care reform “does not just run along partisan lines.” Key groups like seniors, women and independents express the same level of opposition or more to Obama’s plan as they did to Clinton’s plan 15 years ago, the survey said.

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