DFA Round Up - April 7, 2017
- During the congressional recess week, take action to make your voice heard at local town halls and from home.
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Register for the 2017 National Leadership Conference and book your hotel room before the extended April 9th cut-off date to recieve the room block rate.
MEMBERS IN ACTION
Tell us about what you are up to! Email your updates and photos to DFAHQ@drsforamerica.org.
March for Health
New York
Dr. Bruce Rector, New York State Director and Co-chair of the DFA Drug Pricing, Value, and Affordability Campaign, shares that on Saturday, April 1st, DFA-NY members marched with other physicians from our New York physician advocacy coalition, nurses, patients and union members to deliver a strong, unified message on the need for equitable and affordable access to high-quality healthcare for all. Speakers shared powerful stories on how the ACA benefited them as women, people with disabilities, people with mental health problems, LBGTQ members, freelance employees, veterans and more. Local politicians joined them on stage to speak about the need for equitable health care for all and DFA-NY member, Kamini Doobay, passionately spoke about the need to dismantle racism in healthcare.
Washington
Dr. Lisa Playmate, Washington State Director, also spoke at a March for Health rally in Washington. During her remarks she said, "When we moved to Seattle 10 years ago, I decided to follow my passion and go where I was most needed. I first went to eastern WA, to work with migrant workers in a federally funded community clinic; we did not ask for citizenship papers, and most of patients were in subsidized programs. I then worked for a special clinic in Rainier Valley, where our patients were frail, elderly, complex and poor - eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid. I cannot imagine how any of the patients I saw in either of those places could have been seen under the repeal plan."
KEY ARTICLES
New York Times: Neil Gorsuch confirmed to the United States Supreme Court
Kaiser Family Foundation: State Medicaid Expansion Approaches fact
NEJM: Comparison of FDA regulatory review process to that of the European Medicines Agency (EMA)
STAT: Senate HELP Committee confirmation hearings begin Wednesday for FDA Commissioner nominee Scott Gottlieb
Kaiser Family Foundation: Webcast on how the decision regarding ACA cost-sharing subsidies could disrupt Obamacare marketplaces
CBPP blog: Tweak to House GOP health bill much ado about nothing
CBPP report: To help stabilize the individual health insurance market, take ACA repeal off the table
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