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Dermatologists Are Meeting with Members of Congress on What's Needed in Health-Care Reform
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(OPEN):
DERMATOLOGISTS FROM ACROSS THE NATION ARE ON CAPITOL HILL THIS WEEK
[THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 14TH]--PROVIDING INPUT TO LAWMAKERS ABOUT HOW
HEALTH-SYSTEM REFORM-PROPOSALS WOULD AFFECT THEIR PATIENTS.
SKIN-CONDITIONS CAN BE LIFE-THREATENING, OR CAN IMPACT A PATIENT'S
QUALITY-OF-LIFE--AND, IN SOME CASES, KEEP THEM FROM WORKING.
DERMATOLOGIST AND PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF
DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATION, DOCTOR DAVID PARISER
["PARIS-ER"], SAYS THAT DERMATOLOGISTS SUPPORT HEALTH-SYSTEM REFORM,
AS LONG AS THE REFORMS CONTINUE TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE
DOCTOR/PATIENT RELATIONSHIP...
(PARISER):
"THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATION SUPPORTS
REFORMING THE CURRENT HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM IN A WAY THAT INSURES MORE
AMERICANS, REDUCES COSTS WITHOUT REDUCING THE QUALITY OF CARE, AND
ALLOWS PATIENTS TO CHOOSE THEIR DOCTOR. IN ADDITION, THESE REFORMS
NEED TO ENSURE THAT PHYSICIANS ARE ABLE TO MAKE THE CARE- AND
TREATMENT-DECISIONS NECESSARY TO APPROPRIATELY TREAT THEIR PATIENTS."
(CLOSE):
SKIN-CONDITIONS AFFECT NEARLY 80-MILLION AMERICANS--AND COST AN
ESTIMATED 38.6-BILLION DOLLARS, IN MEDICAL SERVICES AND LOST
PRODUCTIVITY IN THE U-S.
