The New Yorker; May 5, 2008

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The Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (TRHCA) enabled Congress to mandate a medical home demonstration project in up to 8 states for the comprehensive and coordinated delivery of primary care services to Medicare beneficiaries with chronic diseases. The three-year demonstration project will begin on January 1, 2009. The AMA-sponsored [...]

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On January 29, 2008, I posted the following entry on Sermo, an online community of licensed U.S. physicians (shortened for clarity):

Open letter to the people of the United States

Don’t show me this again

It’s now clear to most people that the current healthcare system is unsustainable. What the public does not know, however, [...]

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The following is a wonderfully written and refreshingly honest essay by Vance Harris, MD; an excellent and dedicated family physician with 20 years of clinical experience.

Not in a million years would I have anticipated regretting my career choice. At an alarming rate our physicians are being burned out by a system which cares little for [...]

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A powerful gesture by American physicians.
If you’re a physician, please join the movement and sign the Open Letter from America’s Physician
More info: Open Letter Campaign

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