How AOA Developed Its Positions on Health Care Reform by AOA President Wickless
October 9, 2009
My Fellow Osteopathic Physicians, Osteopathic Medical Students, and Supporters:
On October 5, I joined physician leaders from around the country at the White House to meet with the President on health care reform. While there, I began to contemplate the impact of the decisions being made in Washington on our nation’s health care system, osteopathic physicians, and most importantly patients. Regardless of political affiliation or ideology, we all must acknowledge that our health care system is both flawed and far too expensive. Reforms must occur. What those reforms are or how they are implemented is the focal point of our current political debate. Read more.