American Medical Association says Senate health care bill violates pledge to “do no harm”
- The American Medical Association, the largest organization of physicians in the country, came out forcefully against the Senate Republican health care plan on Monday, saying the GOP’s plan would violate the industry-wide pledge to “do no harm.”
- “Medicine has long operated under the precept of Primum non nocere, or ‘first, do no harm,’” James L. Madara, the CEO of the association, wrote in a letter to senators laying out the group’s official position on the bill. “The draft legislation violates that standard on many levels.” Read more (6/26/17)
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