Doctors to Obama: 'We'll Quit Before We Practice Government...( WASHINGTON June 25 -- Working ph...),Health

WASHINGTON, June 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Working physicians on the frontlines of medicine say they will quit before they practice under government medicine.

Those physicians will tell their stories when The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons launches its "TAKE BACK MEDICINE" project with a virtual Town Meeting of doctors to explain their opposition to government medicine & discuss ways to take back medicine for patients.

A panel of more than 20 distinguished physicians will lead a discussion of doctors logging on from across the country for an unprecedented live National Physician Town Meeting. They will tell specific stories of the negative impact on their practices & patients.

Questions to be discussed:

• Why the government plan is bad for patients and doctors
• The horrendous impact a National Health Board would have on access to care
• Why doctors will quit in droves if current plans pass
• Why big medicine doesn't reflect practicing doctors

    Confirmed speakers include:
    Rep. Tom Price, MD. (R--GA)
    Mark Kellen, MD, President, AAPS
    Jane Orient, MD, Doctors for Disaster Preparedness
    Deborah Peel, MD, Patient Privacy Coalition
    David McKalip, MD, President, Florida Medical Assoc.
    Eric Novack, MD, author, AZ Health Care Freedom Initiative
    Marcy Zwelling-Aamot, MD, Board member, CA Medical Assoc.
    Moderated by: Kathryn Serkes & more than 20 other practicing physicians

    DATE:           June 25, 2009

    TIME:           7:30 - 11:30 PM EDT

    LOCATION:       originating from Washington DC
                    722 12th St, NW

    EVENT:          "TAKE BACK MEDICINE" Physicians hold national "virtual"
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SOURCE  Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS)
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