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holiday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 02:30 PM
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Anyone have info on doctors FOR public option
or health care reform?

I'm putting together a post on another website. It's probably going to turn bloody haha
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madfloridian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 02:32 PM
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1. Here are some doctors' groups for public option
http://journals.democraticunderground.com/madfloridian/4615

"We believe that the creation of a public health insurance option can break the stranglehold that out-of-control healthcare costs have on our patients by fostering choice and competition. As the American Medical Association first reported, 94% of insurance markets are now highly concentrated—and as a result, premiums have skyrocketed -- increasing more than 87%, on average, over the past six years.”

The statement was signed by:

* The American Academy of Family Physicians
* The American Medical Student Association
* The Committee of Interns and Residents/SEIU Healthcare
* Doctors Council/SEIU Healthcare
* Doctors for America
* The National Doctors Alliance/SEIU Healthcare
* The National Physicians Alliance
* The Student National Medical Association"

More at the link.
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Eric J in MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 02:33 PM
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2. Physicians for a National Health Program - Health Care is a Human Right
http://www.pnhp.org/

"Our Mission: Single-Payer National Health Insurance"
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 02:42 PM
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3. PNHP is the best.
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man4allcats Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 02:42 PM
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4. A great single-payer article on this site:
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 02:56 PM
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5. My doc is all for health care reform
and is scheduled to be on a panel discussion about it with our Congressman, who is dead set against it. Should be interesting.
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holiday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 03:06 PM
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6. of course only
the repubs have responded.

all antcedotal, and saying healthcare is not a right provided by the Constitution
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mnhtnbb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 03:47 PM
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7. These docs are organizing a march on DC end of September
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 03:57 PM
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8. Doctors that would be against Single Payer or Public Option would be:
Those that have a stake in medical facilities that provide lab results for blood, urine, cancer, throat, and/or other specimens.

And doctors part of a hospital setup.
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