The Medical Society of the County of Albany

By VALERIE BAUMAN, Associated Press
ALBANY — The days of pharmaceutical sales reps giving doctors everything from pens and mugs to expenses-paid meals to persuade them to prescribe higher- cost drugs would be over under a New York proposal fought by the industry.

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By ALAN FRAM
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) – Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she lacks the votes to quickly move the Senate’s sweeping health overhaul bill through the House, a potentially devastating blow to President Barack Obama’s signature issue.

[ February 9, 2010; 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm. ] MGMA Reed 2-9-10

National Influenza Vaccination Week is the perfect opportunity for those who have not yet been vaccinated to get immunized against the 2009 H1N1 influenza. As many of you know, vaccination remains the best way to stay protected against the flu and to decrease its spread in the community. It is not too late to be [...]

Since the Albany Times Union newspaper seems unwilling to publish our President’s letter to the editor, we’ll publish it here for our 15,000 readers.
As we approach what may be the climax of health care reform, I wish to take a moment to inform people of the level of involvement physicians have had in the discussion [...]