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Docs v. Glocks – Florida’s Gag Rule on Doctors
“We take our children to pediatricians for medical care — not moral judgment, not privacy intrusions”. This quote by an NRA lobbyist troubles me. The statement reveals degradation in a…
Read PostThe Nation Shifts Focus to Prevention
If you’ve ever wondered how your voice is heard by Doctors for America and amplified in our democracy—here’s how. When we were appointed to the President’s Prevention and Public Health…
Read PostAt DFA Conference, We All Share a Deep Sense of Purpose
As I leave Washington, DC on this overcast evening, I’m struck by the sense of hope that fills me. Seeing the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery…
Read PostChildren’s Health Gets a Boost With Reform
“A nation’s greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members.” Mahatma Ghandi “If our American way of life fails the child, it fails us all.” Pearl S. Buck Most…
Read PostYour Mom!… And How Health Reform Helps Her Out
Back in medical school, my classmates and I were frequently treated to a very popular, pithy obstetrician who would give OB-GYN lectures and serve as preceptor during our clinical rotations.…
Read PostHappy Birthday Health Care Law!
One year ago today the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law. The Patient’s Bill of Rights is a set of ten provisions in the law that aims to correct the…
Read Post“Serenity for the Fearful.” Seniors will be protected, not harmed, by the Health Reform Law.
When Lyndon Johnson signed the Social Security Act of 1965, the law that created Medicare and Medicaid, he credited Harry Truman for “planting the seeds of compassion and duty which…
Read PostHealth Reform Helps Small Businesses
In medical school, we blame our teachers and our textbooks for the exam question with the lowest correct student response rate. Since this is the week to get the truth…
Read PostRepeal Is Not An Option
As the one year anniversary of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) approaches, opponents of progress are committed to repealing or fatally wounding the law. The PPACA is…
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