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Rheumatology AMA Delegates Hear President Obama Speak

June 16, 2009

Obama’s Speech to the AMA

President Barack Obama addressed the American Medical Association yesterday and spoke on the urgency for health care reform. As a member of the AMA’s House of Delegates, ACR AMA Delegate, Gary Bryant, MD, and Alternate Delegate, Eileen Moynihan, MD, witnessed this historical speech live in Chicago.

President Obama addressed a number of important issues, which will be on the table in health care reform discussions. The president and Congress are committed to creating comprehensive health care reform this year and to having House and Senate bills passed by the August recess.

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