Obama’s New Fiscal Cliff Offer Proposes Repeal of SGR White House’s latest “fiscal cliff” offer proposes a permanent repeal of Medicare’s sustainable growth rate (SGR) alongside $400 billion health care savings. December 18, 2012 News, Payment, Politics and Medicine SGR, Doc fix, fiscal cliff, sustainable growth rate 0 0 Comment Read More »
Obamacare—Past, Present, and Future, Part 1 Obamacare/PPACA—Beyond the Politics. Update on how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 will impact U.S. physicians and patients. November 19, 2012 Health Care Reform, Politics and Medicine, San Francisco Medicine, SFMS Member individual mandate, Obamacare, PPACA, Andrew Calman, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 0 0 Comment Read More »
Election 2012: Update of Candidates and Issues that SFMS Was Watching This Election Cycle. Election 2012: Update of candidates and issues that SFMS was watching this election cycle. November 7, 2012 News, Politics and Medicine Election 2012, Proposition 30 0 0 Comment Read More »
California Official: State Could Dump Health Plan For Kids And Maintain Quality Care California's top health official said Tuesday that she thinks the state can end a health care program for low-income children without disrupting their care. October 17, 2012 News, Politics and Medicine Children's Healthcare, California Healthcare, Healthy Families Program 0 0 Comment Read More »
SFMS/CMA Prevents Last Minute Move To Scuttle MICRA; MICRA Is Preserved In the last days of the 2012 legislative session, a shell bill (SB 1528) was gutted and amended in an attempt by trial lawyers to undermine California’s Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA). SFMS/CMA rallied its grassroots advocacy network and was able to thwart this move and the bill is dead for this legislative season. September 4, 2012 Advocacy, MICRA, Politics and Medicine SB 1528, MICRA 0 0 Comment Read More »
