AMA policymakers mull Medicare overhaul and anti smoking move
Chicago AP Policymakers of the American Medical Association gather for a five day annual meeting to consider resolutions on a Medicare overhaul banning smoking on airplanes and cigarette vending limits as well as health labeling and advertising bans. Delegates also review ethics statement revisions on terminal illness and irreversible coma and address member issues from physician suicide to government paperwork and jury obligations.
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Critics debate media role in organ donor searches
In Los Angeles AP reports critics question press influence on organ donor hunts citing Baby Jesse who received a heart before a longer-waiting infant. Experts debate whether media pressure aids or harms fairness with calls for a central national registry and uniform eligibility rules.
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