AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT: Doctors and Medical Students in 49 States Celebrate Supreme Court Decision on Health Reform
Urge Republicans and Democrats to Work with Health Care Providers and Patients to Address Country’s Health Crisis
Washington, D.C. — Doctors and medical students in 49 states and the District of Columbia are available for comment on the impact of the Supreme Court decision on health reform today.
“Today’s Supreme Court decision is great news for communities and health care providers across the country. It means we move one step closer to improving health care for everyone,” said Dr. Vivek Murthy, President and Co-Founder of Doctors for America. “Everyone should be able to get health care when they need it—whether they are a small business owner, a nursing home worker, an artist, a mayor, or a Supreme Court justice. We need politicians to put patients over politics. It’s time to implement and build on the progress already made by the Affordable Care Act for millions of patients and their families.”
Dr. Robert Luedecke of San Antonio, Texas, added: “Today is a good day for my patients and for my family—for my young adult children who are on my health insurance and for me, an independent contractor with a preexisting condition. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, my patients and my family can look forward to a more secure future. Today should be a call to action for everyone who believes that our country should be a place where everyone can get health care—and that we must work together to secure that future!”
To emphasize the importance of fixing our health care system, Doctors for America is organizing a Patients Over Politics Bus Tour this summer from the Republican Convention in Tampa, Florida, to the Democratic Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, calling upon all politicians to stand with patients and health care providers for a future where everyone can get the health care they need.
The following doctors and medical students are available for comment:
NATIONAL PRESS
- BOSTON: Dr. Vivek Murthy—President and Co-Founder
- LOS ANGELES: Dr. Alice Chen—Executive Director
- WASHINGTON, D.C.: Dr. Christopher Lillis
- NEW YORK: Dr. Manisha Sharma
STATE PRESS
ALABAMA Dr. Tom Ellison—Birmingham; Dr. David Mauritson—Fairhope
ALASKA Natalie Hale—Anchorage
ARKANSAS Dr. Hershey Garner (doctor and lawyer)—Fayetteville
ARIZONA Dr. Archie Bleyer—Tuscon; Dr. Nick Vasquez—Phoenix
CALIFORNIA Dr. Laura Davies—San Francisco; Dr. Alice Chen—San Francisco; Dr. Rab Razzak—Los Angeles; Dr. Jonas Green—Los Angeles; Dr. Brad Rosen—Los Angeles
COLORADO Dr. Jean Abbott—Boulder; Dr. Elinor Christiansen—Denver
CONNECTICUT Dr. Ali Khan—New Haven; Dr. Daniel Fass—Greenwich
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Dr. Michael Newman, Dr. Michal Young, Dr. Mini Campos, Kate Prather, Elizabeth Oler
FLORIDA Dr. Mona Mangat—St. Petersburg; Dr. Rashmi Murthy—Miami; Dr. Sujatha Prabhakaran—Sarasota; Dr. Sultan Rahaman—Orlando; Dr. Linda Burke-Galloway—Orlando
GEORGIA Dr. Gayathri Suresh—Atlanta
HAWAII Dr. Joseph Humphrey—Honolulu
IDAHO Dr. Tim McHugh—Meridian
ILLINOIS Dr. Ram Krishnamoorthi—Chicago; Dr. Sachin D. Shah—Chicago; Dr. Kohar Jones—Chicago
INDIANA Todd Hassee (lawyer)—Indianapolis; Dr. Andrew Loehrer
IOWA Dr. Robert Gitchell—Ames
KANSAS Dr. David Oberdorfer—Bonner Springs; Dr. Craig Yorke—Topeka
LOUISIANA Dr. Heidi Sinclair—Baton Rouge / New Orleans
MAINE Dr. Jane Pringle—Portland
MASSACHUSETTS Dr. Vivek Murthy—Boston; Dr. Martin Solomon; Dr. Umbereen Nehal—Boston; Dr. Sonja Rakowski—Boston; Dr. Rebecca Jones—Whateley
MARYLAND Meghana Desale—Baltimore; Dr. Claire Morin—Gaithersburg
MICHIGAN Michael Cleary—Ann Arbor
MINNESOTA Dr. Nathan Bahr—Rochester
MISSOURI Dr. David Oberdorfer—Kansas City; Kate Prather—Kansas City
MONTANA Dr. Lisa Pacheco—Missoula; Dr. Meg Sarnecki—Box Elder; Dr. Kathryn Borgenicht—Bozeman
NEBRASKA Dr. Matthew Bosley—Lincoln
NEVADA Dr. Zaffar Iqbal—Henderson; Dr. Khalil Carter—Las Vegas
NEW HAMPSHIRE Dr. Chris Heatherton—Hampton; Dr. Angela Crane—Bedford
NEW MEXICO Dr. Dora Calott Wang—Albuquerque
NEW JERSEY Dr. Marta Meyers—Morristown; Dr. Shilpa Setya—Parsippany
NEW YORK Dr. Manisha Sharma—New York City; Dr. Cat London—New York City; Josh Oppenheimer—New York City
NORTH CAROLINA Dr. Seanta Clarke
NORTH DAKOTA Dr. Cynthia Brooke—Grand Forks
OHIO Dr. Don Nguyen—Dayton; Dr. Will Sawyer—Cincinnati; Dr. Arthur Lavin—Cleveland
OKLAHOMA Dr. Katherine Scheirman—Oklahoma City; Dr. Boyd Shook—Oklahoma City
OREGON Dr. Evan Saulino—Portland
PENNSYLVANIA Dr. Ian Bennett—Narbeth; Dr. Lindsay Shultz—Connellsville; Dr. James Thomas—Lebanon; Dr. Chris Hughes—Pittsburgh; Dr. David Rand—Philadelphia
RHODE ISLAND Dr. Maggie Kozel—Jamestown
SOUTH CAROLINA Dr. Seanta Clark—Fort Mill; Shanelle Campbell—Spartanburg
SOUTH DAKOTA Dr. Kevin Weiland—Rapid City; Dr. Nancy Babbitt—Rapid City
TENNESSEE Carol Duh—Nashville
TEXAS Dr. Robert Luedecke—San Antonio; Dr. Anna Tran—Houston; Dr. Winfred Parnell—Dallas
UTAH Dr. Scott Poppen—Draper
VERMONT Dr. Rebecca Jones—Brattleboro
VIRGINIA Dr. Christopher Lillis—Fredericksburg; Dr. Thomas Connally—Arlington; Dr. Ryan Buchholz—Falls Church
WASHINGTON Dr. Lisa Plymate—Seattle; Dr. Marilyn Berko—Tumwater
WEST VIRGINIA Dan Foster - Charleston
WISCONSIN Dr. Ian Gilson—Milwaukee; Dr. Aaron Dunn; Dr. Peter Sigmann—Sturgeon Bay
WYOMING Dr. Samreen Hasan
Doctors for America is a national movement of doctors and medical students in all 50 states who are working together to improve the health of the nation and to ensure that everyone has access to affordable, high-quality health care.
To speak with a doctor, please contact Samantha Galing at 202.481.8219 or samantha.galing@drsforamerica.
