Greetings from San Francisco, where I am meeting with fellow California Academy of Family Physicians #FMRevolution-aries!
Lately, I have been awash in thoughts about family medicine and leadership (blame it in part on my participation in the California HealthCare Foundation Health Care Leadership Program). We are, after all, at a historic juncture in redefining how to deliver health care to more people given that health care reform is now law.
Hard to believe but it has been almost exactly one year since the 2012 American Academy of Family Physicians' National Conference of Special Constituencies. I had the privilege of serving as the Convener, or conference chair, and we all had the privilege of hearing from Dr. G. Gayle Stephens, one of the original Family Medicine Revolution-aries.
Ryan’s outright, unflinching dishonesty on Medicare, GM, Simpson-Bowles, among others is revelatory — a total discarding of pretense.
Finally, a journalist doing his or her job. Thank you Soledad.
The claim that President Obama “believes in government handouts and dependency by waiving the work requirement for welfare,” as Mr. Santorum postulated tonight during his RNC speech, has been written about and debated at length. In fact, it has been denounced as FALSE by numerous non-partisan fact checkers.
Yet, the GOP is banking on the idea that the more a statement is repeated, regardless of its merit, it eventually becomes fact. My favorite response from a member of the Romney team is pollster Neil Newhouse. In response to the fact-check reports, he said, “We’re not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact-checkers.” Yes, please don’t let the truth get in the way.
MItt Romney Campaign Attacks Military Cuts Paul Ryan Supported
“Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign released an attack Thursday criticizing President Barack Obama for military budget cuts that Romney’s running mate Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) voted for and helped write.”
Love it
Health Experts Dismiss Assertions on Rape
“There are no words for this — it is just nuts,” said Dr. Michael Greene, a professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive biology at Harvard Medical School.
After attending the American Academy of Family Physicians' Annual Leadership Forum and National Conference of Special Constituencies this past week, I am optimistic about the future of our specialty.
While health care costs are rising and we have still not found a way to care for the millions of uninsured in the United States, the energy and passion of the hundreds of family doctors who gathered in Kansas City fills me with hope and enthusiasm.
It´s easy to spot other backpackers for many reasons:
1. The most obvious, the huge backpack.
2. The travel book in hand, which we discreetly flip through.
3. The blantant gringo appearance that can be spotted across a futbol field.
Lately, I have become a fierce critic of the travel books that everyone clenches to so tightly, especially after our last adventure down the Amazon River.
The first time I got robbed on this trip was in San Francisco at the International Airport when TCA took my CRUNCHY PEANUT BUTTER that they claimed was considered a liquid, even though it was still fully sealed and not even a spoonful missing. I still think about that peanut butter and how many times I could have enjoyed it by now, especially because its non-existent in South America.
