Nov 7th, 2009 - Houston Chronicle
James Rohack is the president of the American Medical Association, which is meeting in Houston through Tuesday. A graduate of the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and a cardiologist in Temple, Rohack has led efforts to lobby Congress to reform health care and announced Thursday the organization's qualified support of the House overhaul bill. He spoke with the Chronicle's Todd Ackerman last week about the AMA meeting and other hot health topics.
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Nov 9th, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
A battle is brewing in Houston today as the American Medical Association considers whether to rescind the support it gave last week to the health-overhaul bill that passed the House on Saturday night.
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