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Residents Tell The Story!

Every day in hospitals throughout the country, resident physicians experience firsthand how broken our health care system can be. Right now, Congress is making decisions that affect the future of your hospital and your patients. It’s time to tell them your story!

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How often do you see patients with serious medical conditions that could have been prevented had they received primary care or preventative care earlier? Please illustrate with a story.

How often do you see patients who cannot follow the treatment you prescribe because of cost or because their insurance would not cover it? Please illustrate with a story.

How often do you see patients who receive no care at all because they do not have insurance? Please mention why they do not have insurance. Did they lose a job? Unable to work? Their employer does not provide it and it is too costly to purchase?

How does lack of resources in the hospital waste money and hamper patient care? For instance, do you have enough social workers to discharge patients? If you do not, how does that increase costs in the hospital? Do you have other examples of wasted tests, archaic technology, etc. that cost the hospital while slowing you down from caring for patients?

Write a Letter to the Editor in Support of Health Care Reform

It may seem old-fashioned in the Internet age, but members of Congress and the general public still take letters to the editor very seriously. Advice from doctors on matters related to health care is critical to generating public support for real reform.

Writing a letter to the editor takes minutes.

Our online tool will provide you with a sample letter in support of a robust public health insurance option that pays providers fairly and gives patients a real choice between public and private coverage. You can edit the letter however you like, or write a completely new one. Our system will automatically deliver it to the local papers near you.

Take a stand for your patients - write a letter to the editor in support of health care reform.

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