Comments on: We have a lot left to do getting the word out about Hospital Medicine http://blogs.hospitalmedicine.org/SHMPracticeManagementBlog/?p=218 Perspectives on How to Administer a Succesful Group Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:31:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jairy Hunter, MD, MBA, FHM http://blogs.hospitalmedicine.org/SHMPracticeManagementBlog/?p=218#comment-1504 Jairy Hunter, MD, MBA, FHM Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:52:40 +0000 http://blogs.hospitalmedicine.org/SHMPracticeManagementBlog/?p=218#comment-1504 Unfortunately, most of Washington is fairly clueless on the specifics of the Healthcare Economy...it feels like they are more and more reactionary, and subject to lobbyists and their handlers to implement grand ideas into practice, without really having the background or research to see through the problems. And tort reform? Forget it. The Trial Lawyers' lobby is too powerful, and there are way too many attorneys on Capital Hill. Thanks for attempting to make an impact, hopefully the Senator heard your cry but somehow I'm afraid one voice of reason is going to be drowned out by the President, the one-sided Congress, and the Senate in an effort to push something though. I had a chance to meet Lindsey Graham from my home state a while back and had about 10 seconds to give an elevator speech--he listened for a minute with seeming interest, but I don't know what impact it had. His minion following behind was quick to slap a business card in my hand though, and I did follow it up with a letter. Maybe it's time for another--although the horse is probably out of the barn now, and I Lindsey probably has little power to effect any meaningful change in the bill anyway. Unfortunately, most of Washington is fairly clueless on the specifics of the Healthcare Economy…it feels like they are more and more reactionary, and subject to lobbyists and their handlers to implement grand ideas into practice, without really having the background or research to see through the problems.

And tort reform? Forget it. The Trial Lawyers’ lobby is too powerful, and there are way too many attorneys on Capital Hill.

Thanks for attempting to make an impact, hopefully the Senator heard your cry but somehow I’m afraid one voice of reason is going to be drowned out by the President, the one-sided Congress, and the Senate in an effort to push something though. I had a chance to meet Lindsey Graham from my home state a while back and had about 10 seconds to give an elevator speech–he listened for a minute with seeming interest, but I don’t know what impact it had. His minion following behind was quick to slap a business card in my hand though, and I did follow it up with a letter. Maybe it’s time for another–although the horse is probably out of the barn now, and I Lindsey probably has little power to effect any meaningful change in the bill anyway.

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