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Items Concerning the World of Neurosurgery and Healthcare Reform Healthcare Reform's Long and Winding Road: Neurosurgeons Provide Direction - 02-02-10 Alliance Members Sign Letter of Opposition on Establishment of Independent Payment Advisory Board - 01-15-10 Learn More about New Ad Campaign by Physicians United for Patients - 12-17-09 Nation's Neurosurgeons Launch Ad Campaign Opposing Senate Health Reform Bill - 12-17-09 Physician Organizations that Oppose Senate's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - 12-9-09 State and National Medical Societies Join Forces to Oppose Senator Reid’s Health Reform Bill - 12-8-09 Letter Opposing Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - 12-8-09 Neurosurgeons Join Prominent Surgical Coalition Opposing Senator Reid's Health Reform Bill - 12-1-09 Surgical Coalition Letter Opposing Senate Health Reform Bill Summary of 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Neurosurgeons Announce Opposition to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 11-20-09 Coalition Letter to Speaker Pelosi Urging SGR Reform 11-13-09 New House Healthcare Reform Bill, H.R. 3962, Missing Key Ingredients for True Reform 11-05-09 The Neurosurgeon's View of Healthcare Reform: 11-09 Medical Liability Reform News Release 10-09 Sample Letter on Healthcare Reform 10-09 AANS-CNS Healthcare Reform Grassroots Alert 10-09 AANS-CNS Letter to ACS re Healthcare Reform 9-09 AANS-CNS Letter to AMA re Healthcare Reform 9-09 CHART: House (HR 3200) Healthcare Reform: Rules, Regulations, Liability and Payment Policies Standing Between Patients and Doctors 9-29-09 AANS/CNS Baucus Bill Press Release 9-21-09 Surgical Coalition Health Care Reform Principles 9-21-09 AANS/CNS Medical Liability Reform Press Release-9-09-09 AANS-CNS Letter to American Medical Association re Healthcare Reform 8-7-09 AANS-CNS Letter to American College of Surgeons re Healthcare Reform 8-7-09 AANS-CNS Health Reform Press Release-HR3400 8-04-09 State-Specialty Medical Society Coalition Statement 7-28-09 Alliance Imaging letter - Rep. Speier 7-22-09 Alliance Imaging letter - Rep. Rangel 7-22-09 Alliance Imaging letter - Rep. Waxman 7-22-09 Surgical Coalition MedPAC IMAC Letter 7-21-09 Coalition Letter Opposing Weiner Imaging Amendment 7-20-09 Coalition Letter to Waxman Opposing Weiner Imaging Amendment 7-20-09 AANS-CNS Health Reform Press Release-HR3200 7-17-09 Alliance of Specialty Medicine Health Care Reform Advertisement 7-14-09 Coalition Letter to Energy and Commerce Opposing GAO GME Study 7-14-09 Coalition Letter to Education and Labor Opposing GAO GME Study 7-14-09 Coalition Letter to Ways and Means Opposing GAO GME Study 7-14-09 Coalition Letter Supporting Medical Liability Reform in Health Reform 7-10-09 Alliance Letter Supporting Rep Gordon Medical Liability Reform - 7-10-09 Alliance Letter to House Tri-Committees -- Healthcare Reform Feedback - 7-08-09 Alliance Letter to Rockefeller Opposing MedPAC -- 7-06-09 Alliance Letter to House Opposing MedPAC -- 7-06-09 Alliance Letter to Finance Opposing MedPAC -- 7-06-09 Alliance Letter to Cooper Opposing MedPAC -- 7-06-09 Surgical Coalition Letter to House Tri Committee -- Healthcare Reform Feedback -- 6-30-09 Coalition Letter to House and Senate Opposing RBM -- 6-15-09 Surgical Coalition Letter to Finance re Healthcare Reform Options Papers 2 and 3 -- 5-29-09 Alliance Letter to Finance re Healthcare Reform Options Papers 2 and 3 -- 5-29-09 Alliance Letter to Finance re Healthcare Reform Options Paper 1 -- 5-15-09 Surgical Coalition Letter to Finance re Healthcare Reform Options Paper 1 -- 5-14-09 Healthcare Reform Resources There is a vast list of resources related to healthcare reform on the internet. The following offer key information on the policy options under consideration from a variety of perspectives: AANS:  http://www.aans.org/legislative/aans/Neuro_HealthCareReform.asp CNS:  http://www.cns.org/advocacy/wc/nsHealthcareReform.aspx Kaiser Family Foundation: http://healthreform.kff.org/ New England Journal of Medicine: http://healthcarereform.nejm.org/?query=rthome American Medical Association: http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/advocacy/health-system-reform.shtml The White House: http://www.healthreform.gov/ House of Representatives’ Majority Leader: http://www.majorityleader.gov/members/health_care.cfm House of Representatives Republicans: http://www.gop.gov/solutions/healthcare/resources Senate Finance Committee: http://finance.senate.gov/healthreform2009/home.html   Senate Republicans: http://src.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Issues.Home&Issue_id=e2a4adda-fa79-47c0-b7a9-090b98439cfb Congressional Budget Office: http://www.cbo.gov/