“Second Opinion” from healthcare professionals on how to fix the healthcare system

Oct 20 2009

More than 100 doctors and healthcare professionals will be in Washington, DC, to give the President, legislators, and the American people a “Second Opinion” on how to fix our healthcare system. Representing the more than 10,000 members of the Coalition to Protect Patients’ Rights, these healthcare professionals from across the country will give legislators their frontline perspective of what needs to be fixed in healthcare – and what doesn’t.

On October 5, President Obama invited doctors to the White House to participate in an event to help him promote his version of health system reform. However, only doctors who agreed with the President’s healthcare proposals were invited.

Now representatives of the Coalition to Protect Patients’ Rights will provide insight to elected representatives as they consider health reform legislation. The Coalition is offering a “Second Opinion” on healthcare reform with a two-day Fly-In which will include a press conference at the Capitol and visits with elected officials.

The former president of the American Medical Association, Dr. Donald Palmisano, is the Coalition’s national spokesman.

The Coalition to Protect Patients’ Rights supports reform that will help improve the system, but is concerned that legislators are simply in a rush to reform for reform’s sake. The Coalition has laid out a number of principles and ideas that would help benefit the healthcare system, including: