The AMA is adjusting its strategy to a Democratic congress

Physician lobbyists are shifting priorities:

In the meantime, the AMA has signaled that it will dedicate more energy this year to items on its agenda that are more in line with the views of the Democratic majority. When the group issued a statement outlining its legislative agenda for 2007, getting more people covered by health insurance and preventing a 10 percent cut in their Medicare payments were highlighted over medical-liability reform.

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