Video: New AMA President On Implementing The Health Law

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KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey and The Washington Post’s Sarah Kliff interviewed Dr. Ardis Hoven, the new American Medical Association president, for an episode of the C-SPAN program “Newsmakers” that aired Sunday. The three talked about implementation of the health care law, a shortage of primary care practitioners, as well as the AMA’s decision to classify obesity as a disease and what to expect from her tenure as president.

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<h1>Video: New AMA President On Implementing The Health Law</h1>
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		<time class="posted-on" datetime="2013-07-08T09:50:10-04:00">
			July 8, 2013		</time>
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<p><a href="http://www.c-spanvideo.org/videoLibrary/assets/swf/CSPANPlayer.swf?pid=313701-1">http://www.c-spanvideo.org/videoLibrary/assets/swf/CSPANPlayer.swf?pid=313701-1</a></p><p>KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey and The Washington Post’s Sarah Kliff interviewed Dr. Ardis Hoven, the <a href="http://capsules.kffhealthnews.org/index.php/2013/07/ama-to-do-whatever-we-can-to-help-carry-out-health-law/">new American Medical Association president</a>, for an episode of the C-SPAN program “Newsmakers” that aired Sunday. The three talked about implementation of the health care law, a shortage of primary care practitioners, as well as the AMA’s decision to classify obesity as a disease and what to expect from her tenure as president.</p><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p>

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