AAFP President Ted Epperly, MD speaks to President Obama at theWhite House Health Care Summit on March 5th, 2009. Watch the YouTube video.
As the White House Office of Health Reform, headed by Nancy-Ann DeParle, takes on the urgent task of designing a health care system that works for everyone in the United States, Family Physicians are playing a key role in this debate. At the White House Health Care Summit on March 5th, 2009, President Obama's administration invited about 120 key stakeholders to the White House to build bipartisan support for the work being done. The AAFP, represented by AAFP President Ted Epperly, MD (Boise, Idaho) was one of seven medical associations present.
Of the seven organizations - which included the American Medical Association (AMA), the the third-largest lobbying group (based on expenditures) - President Obama called on the AAFP to represent the perspective of primary care physicians. A surprised Epperly stated that family physicians are ready to "roll up their sleeves" to support the changes needed to improve health in the United States. He also noted the critical need to address physician workforce shortages.
This opportunity resulted in the creation of the AAFP "Connect for Reform" campaign to bring together physicians working on the front-line of health care reform and to take their issues to the front-row of the debate on health care reform. With the President's ear already open to the voices from the front-line, this is a unique opportunity to make the changes that you think will fundamentally improve our health care system.
Of the seven organizations - which included the American Medical Association (AMA), the the third-largest lobbying group (based on expenditures) - President Obama called on the AAFP to represent the perspective of primary care physicians. A surprised Epperly stated that family physicians are ready to "roll up their sleeves" to support the changes needed to improve health in the United States. He also noted the critical need to address physician workforce shortages.
This opportunity resulted in the creation of the AAFP "Connect for Reform" campaign to bring together physicians working on the front-line of health care reform and to take their issues to the front-row of the debate on health care reform. With the President's ear already open to the voices from the front-line, this is a unique opportunity to make the changes that you think will fundamentally improve our health care system.
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