Feed Editor Lite 11 Dec 2008 15:26:43 GMT http://www.multibriefs.com/briefs/tma/index.php en President Barack Obama on Monday asked physicians to overcome ingrained doubts and "illegitimate concerns" about a new government health plan that would provide insurance to tens of millions of Americans who go without it. 18 Jun 2009 15:25:22 GMT http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/nation/stories/061609dnbusamaobama.8251782e.html 3AB5BE0A-2880-4F6B-9CF5-36BF55E32AC3 Dr. Clifford Moy, an Austin psychiatrist who was in the audience as a Texas Medical Association delegate, praised Obama for saying that he needed the support of doctors. However, he echoed the comments of other medical professionals in Austin when he called the plan too vague for anyone to say how it would affect doctors, hospitals and safety-net providers in Central Texas. 18 Jun 2009 15:25:22 GMT http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/nation/2009/06/16/0616healthcare.html FF68A95F-05FB-4F58-AE90-51E003073F91 The Southeast Texas medical community has its eyes on Washington as the Obama administration works to craft and sell a massive health care reform package. Dr. David Teuscher, president of Beaumont Bone and Joint and former president of the Jefferson County Medical Association, was there to hear the speech. While he did not agree with every particular detail, he generally seemed encouraged by the president's message. 18 Jun 2009 15:25:22 GMT http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/local/southeast_texas_doctors_ask_that_freedom_for_patients__doctors_be_part_of_obama_s_healthcare_reform_06-16-2009.html 362B1FF8-CE84-49C1-B09A-3E38403B6904 Equality in health care and medical education is not a castle in the sky for Dr. J. James Rohack. Rohack, director of the Center for Healthcare Policy at Scott & White Hospital in Temple, graduated with a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at El Paso in 1976, 10 years after then Texas Western College became the first men's basketball team to win the NCAA Division I championship with all black starters. 18 Jun 2009 15:25:22 GMT http://www.kdhnews.com/news/story.aspx?s=33970 18D55FCD-CD01-4D23-BC3C-CC6B1E6108C1 For the South Texas border town of McAllen, it's unwanted criticism. First it came from an article in the New Yorker that highlighted the area's sky-high medical costs, and now, reports CBS News correspondent Don Teague, it's coming from President Obama who suggested McAllen's doctors are part of a national problem of physicians ordering unnecessary treatments. But doctors say McAllen faces unique healthcare challenges. 18 Jun 2009 15:25:21 GMT http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/06/15/eveningnews/main5090513.shtml 03066BE1-4851-4AE7-97B2-E661D6CD6753 A CBS News TV crew was in McAllen getting response from physicians and hospitals about the now famous New Yorker magazine article. Reporter Don Teague, who is based in Dallas, met with Dr. James R. Stewart, who practices internal medicine in McAllen and who presides over the Hidalgo-Starr Counties Medical Society, and Dr. Carlos Cardenas, one of the owners of Doctors Hospital at Renaissance. 18 Jun 2009 15:25:21 GMT http://www.riograndeguardian.com/rggnews_story.asp?story_no=22 4957DFB9-3368-49D8-AB31-2A4C9C37EEB6 President Obama told doctors on Monday that as part of a health care overhaul, he would like to find ways to reduce the number of medical malpractice lawsuits. But it’s not clear that his allies in Congress have any interest in addressing the issue, a flash point in past debates. An overhaul bill introduced last week by Sens. Christopher J. Dodd, D-Conn., and Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., includes no provisions on malpractice. The issue goes unmentioned in an outline of a House bill under development by three committees. And Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., isn’t expected to address it in legislation he plans to introduce this week, according to lawmakers and aides. 18 Jun 2009 15:25:21 GMT http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=5&docID=news-000003143954 0D6F5A90-8B26-4AE3-940C-FF10E3711AC3 Robin Beaton found out last June she had an aggressive form of breast cancer and needed surgery -- immediately. But three days before the operation, the insurance company called and told her they had red-flagged her chart and she would not be able to have her surgery. Beaton turned to Texas Rep. Joe Barton for help. Barton said his staff went to work, but the insurance company, he said, was "unyielding." 18 Jun 2009 15:25:21 GMT http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/16/health.care.hearing/ 2623D89D-1143-4190-9B9C-BC84E430818E Can we please stop pretending that helping working parents provide health insurance for their children is a ruse for enacting an unwarranted middle-class entitlement? The arguments against increasing access to Texas' Children's Health Insurance Program have included claims that it would entice parents away from private insurance providers and get away from the mission of aiding the neediest families. 18 Jun 2009 15:25:21 GMT http://www.star-telegram.com/242/story/1431313.html 592D8985-5C9F-471C-87D7-093F10FBB81E