Physicians from the town profiled in a recent issue of The New Yorker are visiting our nation's capital June 22 to discuss their struggles in providing quality health care. A news conference with the physicians from southern towns located near the Mexican border is being organized by the AMA.
From an AMA press release:
"The physicians are calling upon President Obama to visit their communities to learn firsthand the struggles physicians face in delivering health care to the poorest and unhealthiest population in the nation. The region rates among the highest in the nation for residents who are living in poverty, uninsured, obese, and diabetic. The demand for health care is great. However, the region also has one of the lowest rates of physicians per capita to care for its poor and sick and to promote healthy behaviors and prevention of disease."
No word on if Obama plans to visit with the physicians from McAllen, Texas.
If the president visited your town, what would he learn about providing health care to your patients?