Kathy Floyd, Associate State Director for Advocacy, AARP, discusses the AARP agenda and priorities in the 2007 legislature. Topics include: How to Influence Your Elected Officials, Long-Term care.
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Dr. Stephen Balch, Medical Director, Jacquelyn McClure Lupus Treatment Center, located in Atlanta at The Center for Specialty Medicine. Dr. Balch discusses lupus and other autoimmune diseases.
Jerry Keen, Rep. District 179 (Glynn Co.) and House Majority Leader, discusses issues of healthcare, trauma centers and the possibility of doing away with the Georgia Income Tax in the session of the legislature.
Pat Willis, Executive Director, Voices for Georgia’s Children, discusses the organization’s efforts to fight for children, their issues and needs. "Voices" is an independent, non-profit organization which focuses on five areas which impact children’s well-being: health, safety, education, connectedness and employability.
Dr. Jim McNatt, Medical Director of the Composite State Board of Medical Examiners, discusses the new protocols which govern Nurse Practitioners and the law passed in the 2006 legislature which allows them to dispense certain medications.
Michael Townes Watson, author of "America’s Tunnel Vision: How Insurance Companies" Propaganda is Corrupting Medicine and Law" describes how insurance companies have managed to sell the American public and our elected representatives lies and misinformation about "tort reform" in order to make more profits. In the process they have turned the practice of medicine the concept of fair laws on their heads.
Dr. Jeffery Segal, Executive Officer of Medical Justice, a company whose purpose is to prevent frivolous lawsuits. Sounds like a good idea and hard to argue against, but the way his company does it is a little suspect. They train doctors to require patients to sign agreements at the time they receive their medical care that make certain legal commitments in the event the patient ends up suing the doctor.
Will Phillips, AARP, Associate State Director for Advocacy, discusses the issues that are important in the 2006 elections. For example, drug costs, health insurance and identity theft.
Mark and Mike Wiggins are two brothers who deliver medical services in Vidalia, Georgia. Mark is a podiatrist and Mike is a nurse practitioner. In addition, Mike does a mean impression of Jerry Clower, a dead comedian you may remember from the 60’s and 70’s. They are funny and serious. The interview goes from comedy to some serious comments about health care issues.
Ms. Hollis discusses the substance of the new Medicare Drug Bill and encourages everyone to sign up. The deadline to do so without penalty is May 15, 2006
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