American Hospital Association CEO Rich Umbdenstock joined with the top officials of two other medical associations Sept. 12 to warn that 776,000 health care jobs could be lost under looming Medicare cuts. Cindy Balkstra, first vice president, American Nurses Association, and Jeremy Lazarus, president of the American Medical Association, also spoke during the news conference at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. A federal appeals court apparently cleared the way for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other groups once again to pour big money into a certain type of political advertising without identifying all of their donors. The Sept. 18 ruling applies to… Read More