DJP Update 10-11-2011 Evening report: Media Tour started today re IPAB & PPACA; LAGNIAPPE
The media tour started this morning with a live broadcast on radio with call-in listeners in Florida for an hour on the Doc Washburn Show 94.5 WFLA.
Now headed to Orlando (now landed and in hotel; started this on plane) and will spend the rest of the week doing media in multiple cities in Florida and meeting doctors in the County & State medical leadership. Also will speak to seniors at senior centers. The topic is IPAB of PPACA. Few are in favor of the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). It needs to be repealed immediately.
So little time, so many problems with the health care law, PPACA. We all need to be involved in some way. No time to grouse around the coffee pot lamenting the havoc that politicians are doing to Medicine.
By the way, if you have an interest in hearing the interview I did on WWL radio in New Orleans regarding IPAB, PPACA, and answers to the questions raised by the host, Garland Robinette, concerning Sally Pipes article in Forbes regarding AMA membership, here is the link for the podcast to hear my comments. This is the Oct 3 interview I mentioned in the DJP Update 9-30-2011. The podcast is now online.
Podcast link to WWL interview: http://audio.wwl.com/m/audio/46624843/10-3-11-12pm-dr-donald-palmisano-richard-jackson.htm
Thanks to Dr. Art Fougner of New York who tweets with handle @sonodoc99 for help spreading the word about the various radio interviews. Here are his tweets about the interview today:
sonodoc99
@DJPNEWS Great Job as always on the Radio this AM.
10/11/11 8:07 AM
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sonodoc99
Listening to @DJPNEWS Here – http://t.co/eVfm97lj
10/11/11 7:36 AM
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Also sending in writings for Op-Eds and letters to editors around the USA. Here is one example in the Omaha World-Herald. This is something everyone can do. Make your voice heard in local newspapers and on local radio.
http://www.omaha.com/article/20111009/NEWS0802/710099975
Repeal health payment board
The Community Health Charities of Nebraska, the Nebraska Academy of Physician Assistants, the Nebraska Medical Association, the Nebraska Orthopedic Society and the Nebraska Urological Association have joined together to protect American seniors. These organizations stand against the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) — a new, unelected and unaccountable board created by the Affordable Care Act.
IPAB is a panel of government bureaucrats empowered to make spending cut “recommendations” in Medicare when spending growth surpasses certain levels. IPAB’s decisions will be permanent unless a super majority in Congress vetoes IPAB’s proposals and comes up with its own cost-cutting proposal of equal size, which would be extremely difficult.
IPAB’s recommendations are exempt from judicial review. IPAB’s appointed officials will be empowered to make life-changing decisions with little accountability and almost no oversight by elected officials.
Further cuts to Medicare reimbursements could exacerbate the shortage of doctors willing to treat Medicare patients across the United States. As the possible effects of IPAB emerge, bipartisan support is strengthened to repeal IPAB before 2015.
Donald J. Palmisano, M.D., Metairie, La.
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LAGNIAPPE: I posted some new YouTube videos from old events to show the issues have not changed. Medical liability rallies around the country for the broken medical liability system.
Go to: www.youtube.com/IntrepidResources
The medical liability rallies should be the first one presented as a larger image on left of page. To see all of the videos, click on “See All” on right side of page.
Yes, I am watching the debate on Bloomberg TV as I type this and wait for my evening meal via room service in Orlando hotel.
Stay well. In retrospect, our time on this earth is short. Make the most of it and tell your loved ones how much you love and appreciate them.
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