Health Reform's Effect on Doctors

" Today -- both AARP. And American Medical Association coming out through endorse a house's health care reform bill the President Obama says this will help the push for positive outcome in the health."

" Care debate. I want to thank. Both organizations again for the support and I urge congress to listen to. AARP. Listen to the AMA and pass this reform for hundreds of millions of Americans who benefit from."

" What is that about his health care bill that they like here to weigh in on it. Is doctor Nancy Neilson who as an AMA board member -- to be with you today doctor thanks for joining us welcome to the show."

" Thank you very much in -- me first say our hearts go out to everyone at Fort Hood the eyes of the country in the prayers are with them on so. How we're here in Texas and now we are as concerned as everyone else."

" All right doctor now getting back to health care bill. And congress said that there -- going to cut Medicare patients and doctors and they've reinstated and then going to cut them again go back and forth back and forth. Do you really believe that they'll stick with the plan not to cut doctors' payments over ten years every year for ten years -- going to keep those payments for. You know reinstated the doctors."

" Well we know that congress people on both sides of the aisle in congress know. That this formula these programs -- simply can't go win or it will disrupt Medicare and and there will not be accessed for seniors tend to medical care. So everyone knows that the problem and everyone knows it has to be fixed and so. Yes we believe that they will congress created this problem and and they're going to have to fix it frankly."

" Doctor Nielsen is 2000 pages I can't claim to have read every page but. No thing. Of substance on tort reform that is such a critical issue about how -- the AMA's support a bill that doesn't do anything really substantively debt to end frivolous lawsuits."

" Every actor in America is worried about frivolous lawsuits we've been saying this for years. And congress hasn't listened to uphold now we are hoping that now. They will at least listen all if for no other reason than to address the costs of medical care which of course is driving a lot of this debate doctor it's not yeah."

" 2008. Understand how little hole -- a lot of things but nothing about tort reform."

" While we're still working on that believe me when I tell you we are and we have been for years but look at what the bill does do. It would get half to about 96%. Coverage for Americans who are not elderly so in other words not eligible for Medicare. Who don't have insurance now would become affordable that would reform the insurance market so that insurance companies. Cannot throw people off health insurance that they have a preexisting condition. And they can't deny insurance that they have a preexisting condition. Those are really really important things. But you're right there's a lot that's not in this bill and we are still working mightily on all of those things are right doctor Nancy Nelson thank you so much for joining us -- every really pre."