In the spirit of the vigorous town hall meetings across the country discussing health care reform, I’ll be taking your questions on the topic today at 12:15pm Eastern.
I’ll open up the forum a few hours before; just click on the Live Q&A window below.
You can ask your question when the Q&A opens, in the comments of this post, or Tweet them to #kevinmdqa. I’ll try, but cannot guarantee, that I’ll get to all the questions.
See you later today, and try to keep the protests to a minimum.
Update, 11am Eastern:
I’ve opened up the forum, so you can start sending in your questions now.
Related posts:
- Val Jones on the KevinMD.com Live Q&A: Thursday, May 14th at 10:30pm Eastern
- Rahul Parikh on the KevinMD Live Q&A: Tuesday, July 21st at 10:30pm Eastern
- 8 recent health reform posts, August 23rd, 2009
- KevinMD Live Q&A on health care reform, today at 11:30am Eastern
- Shadowfax on the KevinMD Live Q&A: Tuesday, July 14th at 10:30pm Eastern
- Abraham Verghese on the KevinMD Live Q&A: Monday, May 4th at 10:30pm Eastern
- I’ll be on the Health in 30 Radio Show, Thursday, July 30th at 12:30pm Eastern
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Kevin,
Universal health care is a must. I believe this as a doc and a parent with 2 disabled kids. I am also Canadian but now practice in US. My concern is changing attitudes. In Canada everyone contributes to stewardship of health care, doctors order fewer tests and patients accept they have to wait for elective and non urgent concerns. Also, far different malpractice situation. US is more a culture of consumerism ” I want that test so I should get it”. Any change in health care is doomed without a global attitude shift, among doctors and patients ( oh, in Canada one malpractice company covers every doctor and they NEVER settle frivolous claims)
Jen
Thanks for this virtual town hall. Please do it again.
Thanks so much for this thoughtful set of direct answers. I agree that some change now is better than no change now. What we are likely to get is far, far from (my hope) a single-payer system in which doctors work as caretakers and professionals, not entrepreneurs. Still, we have to start somewhere.
Will a transcript of the meeting be posted? Please do.
Just click on the forum window, and the transcript is there.
Kevin
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