KEEPING THE FAITH
ACTION ALERT
July 13, 2009
Senate Republicans to
Launch the “Senate Doctors” Show TODAY - JOIN IN ONLINE FOR HEALTH CARE
QUESTIONS!
Senate Republican Conference
Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) announced today a new, live, online
show – “Senate
Doctors” – broadcasting
here every Tuesday and Thursday at 4:00
p.m. Eastern time. Tune in tomorrow Tuesday, July 14!
Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) – an
orthopedic trauma surgeon and former President of the Wyoming Medical
Society – and Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) – a family practice physician
specializing in obstetrics – will be regular hosts, with guests making
appearances. The show will focus on policy discussions, with
constituents sharing their questions, stories, concerns, and comments
about health care proposals being debated in Congress.
Barrasso said, “We all agree that health
care needs reform. Having practiced medicine for over two decades in
Wyoming, I know that the devil is in the details. Doing nothing is
simply not an option. We must be careful, we must be thoughtful, and we
must be deliberate about the changes we make. Health care is a very
complex and intensely personal issue. It deserves a serious, open, and
transparent national debate. ‘Senate Doctors’ will allow more Americans
to participate in that discussion.”
Coburn said, “As a practicing physician, I
know that the doctor patient relationship is at the heart of medicine.
Unfortunately, some in the Senate want to severe that relationship and
put unaccountable and unqualified politicians and government bureaucrats
in charge of medicine. Having a government board dictate medical
treatments based on abstract economic data – not medical knowledge, or
years of experience – is wrong for Americans and my patients.
Republicans are committed to making health care more affordable while
letting doctors and patients call the shots.”
For more information, to submit questions
and comments, or to tune in, visit
http://republican.senate.gov/doctors/.
Viewers can send questions and comments via e-mail, Facebook, YouTube,
and Twitter from this site. Barrasso and Coburn will respond to a
sampling of questions in future episodes.
Thank you for Keeping The Faith,
Sadie Fields