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	<description>Doctors have been absent from the discussion about medicine and reform for too long. Its time to take back our place in the discussion.</description>
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		<title>Amazing Parallels between the British NHS and Obamacare: Both seen as a “Gamble” even by proponents</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rarely do stories occurring on opposite sides of an ocean so perfectly compliment one another.  Yet last week Santa Barbara Congresswoman Lois Capps described the new health care reform legislation as &#8220;a big gamble&#8221;, one whose effects could not be known with any degree of certainty.  This from a strong proponent!  Well, this week I read of some interesting developments in England where similar language was used.  Both are likely true, and it is fascinating to see the evolution of government administered care 60 years hence.  Gambles indeed, let&#8217;s take ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.takebackmedicine.org/?p=2400</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Meaningful Use&#8221;: Will Electronic Medical Records determine your next Doctor?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week CMS (Medicare/Medicaid) released requirements as to what constitutes &#8220;meaningful use&#8221; of Electronic Medical Records (EMR). Shortly after Castle Connolly Medical, which publishes  &#8220;America&#8217;s Top Doctors&#8221;, announced it will incorporate this data into its guides.  John Connolly, president and CEO of the company, lauds the new requirement and feels people may want to choose their physician based on such criteria.  One should also note that Mr. Connolly sits on the Board of and owns shares in an EMR start-up company.  Hmmm?
As we embark on the forced marched into government ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.takebackmedicine.org/?p=2394</link>
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		<title>Dissecting The Fallout From ObamaCare: Keeping Your Insurance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ideally we will dissect more of these things over the coming weeks and see where that gets us. Our concerns are not political- just our means. The real issue here is not policy, or even possible fibbing, its what this all means to how we do our day jobs. Despite the anger, sadness and fear, we still have doctoring jobs that pay the bills and we still like those jobs. The question for us is how long this state of affairs can last...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.takebackmedicine.org/?p=2384</link>
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		<title>This Is Not The End of Health Care Reform, This Is The Beginning of Health Care Reform</title>
		<description><![CDATA[About six months ago we published this little gem. It outlined what happens after an Obamacare passage? Today no doubt there is talk of repeal. This is good, we think. But, absent that, what was the plan? Lets have a look....]]></description>
		<link>http://www.takebackmedicine.org/?p=2191</link>
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		<title>Okay, We FINALLY Will Comment on ObamaCare</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Great. Our President literally handing out checks to seniors--- to influence their opinions about a political concept. Its like we are back at Tammany Hall again. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.takebackmedicine.org/?p=2378</link>
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		<title>New York Times From The Year 1917: Do We Want To Pay The Health Insurance Bill?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are standing in front of the same precipice, facing the same fall and fate as in 1917 and we have seemingly learned nothing. The current health care legislation being bantered about in Washington today is a direct extension of the line of reasoning that began in 1909 and was, by 1917, being fought with the same grit and determination as the foes against reform are fighting today. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.takebackmedicine.org/?p=1198</link>
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		<title>What We Realized All Along?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The problem with the health care reform process was it was driven by a multitude of agendas.  Many of these agendas were based on political ideology as much as anything else.  Neither of those statements are particularly earth shattering.  They are to be expected in a political debate especially amongst politicians, lobbyist and pundits.
Where we hope we don&#8217;t get ideology-driven agendas is in science.  Especially a science whose direct end result is someone&#8217;s life.  Unfortunately, this is not the case.  Academics is a cauldron ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.takebackmedicine.org/?p=2376</link>
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		<title>Well, at least the Creative Types will benefit (hope you don&#8217;t mind paying the bills)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just quit your job - ins't HCR Empowering]]></description>
		<link>http://www.takebackmedicine.org/?p=2372</link>
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		<title>OMG!!  CNN admits the obvious (too bad it&#8217;s several months to late)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Readers may recall some of our first articles which argued that despite assurances to the contrary, President Obama could NOT promise &#8220;people who like their present coverage can keep it&#8221;.  Simply, it is because employees have little or no say in what benefits an employer chooses to offer.  The Lewin Group, health care consultants, estimated that 118 Million people would lose their employer sponsored insurance and be forced into the National Exchange.  Of course some in Government were more candid in their assessment, at least in front of sympathetic groups.

So ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.takebackmedicine.org/?p=2360</link>
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		<title>Hank Johnson Voted for the Health Care Bill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you had any notion in your being that the government could run the highly complex world of health care&#8230;let us dispel you of that notion now.  Hank Johnson voted for the health care bill and is one of those government bureaucrats who will be deciding your health care fate.  Watch and shudder.

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		<link>http://www.takebackmedicine.org/?p=2357</link>
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