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As the AMA has been on the cutting edge in discussions of health care reform nationally, so the NMA has been intimately involved in such discussions in Nebraska. As the "umbrella" organizations for physicians nationally and statewide, respectively, the AMA and NMA recognize that there is no easy and painless solution to the crisis. Indeed, there is still sharp division of opinion among medical specialty societies regarding even the most fundamental issues of health care reform. From a state perspective, the NMA pledges to continue to work with other health care organizations, insurance organizations, and governmental entities to identify the health care reform measures that best suit the needs of the citizens of Nebraska, within the constraints that national health care reform will allow for individual state initiatives. While physicians of Nebraska want a "place at the table" to discuss health care reform, it will be the challenge for the NMA to assure that physicians and the patients they serve do not become "part of the meal".
美国医学协会（AMA）在全国范围内关于医疗保健改革的讨论中一直处于前沿，内布拉斯加州医学协会（NMA）也同样密切参与了该州的此类讨论。作为全国和全州医生的“伞式”组织，AMA和NMA认识到，这场危机没有轻松无痛的解决方案。事实上，即使在医疗保健改革最基本的问题上，医学专业协会之间仍存在尖锐的意见分歧。从州的角度来看，NMA承诺继续与其他医疗保健组织、保险组织和政府实体合作，在国家医疗保健改革允许各州采取主动行动的限制范围内，确定最适合内布拉斯加州公民需求的医疗保健改革措施。虽然内布拉斯加州的医生希望在讨论医疗保健改革时有一席之地，但对NMA来说，确保医生及其服务的患者不会成为“盘中餐”将是一项挑战。
