Doctors Speak Out Against the Better Care Reconciliation Act

Physicians across the nation are deeply concerned over the proposed Senate health care bills, and this is why:

Oregon

“I worry every day about how this health care bill is going to impact my patients with chronic conditions. But I also worry about my daughter. She received a diagnosis of Marfan’s syndrome when she was two days old… She’s gonna have a lot of bills and probably a lot of surgeries.”

#DoctorsSpeakOut… State by State

Doctors speak out on their concerns over the new Senate health care bill

Pennsylvania

“I don’t want to see another patient who dies because they didn’t have access to preventive health screening, because they didn’t have insurance…”

— Ilene Wong, MD, Urology, West Chester, PA

New York

“My patients may not be covered for mammography, and breast cancers will be missed. People will die from this…”

— Gennifer Geller, MD, Radiology, Rye, NY

California

“Millions of California’s children rely on Medicaid for their healthcare…please don’t cap or cut our Medicaid. Our future depends on it.”

— Jaime Friedman, MD, Pediatrics, San Diego, CA.

Tennessee

“My patients are not only concerned about their diagnosis, but also about being able to afford insurance when their treatment is over…”

— Dana Cardin, MD, MSCI, Medical Oncologist, Nashville, TN

Minnesota

Clinicians in Minnesota speak out….

“Thousands of children and families would lose access to well child checks…”

— Nathan Chomilo, MD, Pediatrics, Minneapolis, MN

New Jersey

“This bill is going to result in many lives in ruin. This keeps me up at night.”

— Jennifer H. Chuang, MD, MS, Adolescent Medicine, Moorestown, NJ

Washington

“Taking health insurance away from 20-plus million Americans will not make people healthier.”

— Steven Pergam, MD, Infectious Disease, Seattle, WA