Many of the health care objectives ...

Many of the health care objectives outlined at U.S. President George W. Bush in his State of the Union address forward January 31 were in line with those of the AAFP. undivided of the major proposals in the address was for reform of medical liability, which AAFP policy has supported since 2001 AAFP President Larry Fields, MD said the door was now render free of access for Sen. Bill Frist (R-Tenn) to bring a medical liability bill to Senate devoted in 2006, as promised. Fields also supported President Bush's call for electronic health records and access to health care for all, although he emphasized the ne for allocation of stocks The AAFP would work with Congres said Fields, to make sure that key principles of the Academy's Health Care Coverage for All plan are included in any legislation. For more information, visit http://www.aafp.org/x41767.xml.

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