Full piece is here: http://www.drsforamerica.org/...
Excerpt of Friday's events, by Dr Evan Saulino, emphases mine:
Our growing crew of doctors, medical students, and patients is on the move – the Patients Over Politics Bus Tour is headed north. Yesterday, we spent most of the day in Gainesville, Florida, and today we’re on the road to Atlanta, Georgia ...
... Half the group engaged undergraduate students near Reitz student union, passing out health reform educational flyers, fans, and condoms - yes, condoms – a great way to get college students’ attention and promote prevention at the same time! ...
... We were all dog-tired by the time we reached the roadside motel in Valdosta, but still the group gathered around to talk with the hotel clerk when she came out from behind the counter to engage us, wanting to know more about Doctors for America, wanting to tell us her story – just like so many other hardworking Americans we’ve met on the Tour.
She shared her recent diagnosis of Stage 3B melanoma, and although she has insurance and is getting treatment, she is constantly afraid her husband will lose his job – which she knows would mean she would lose her health insurance – her lifeline – and would leave her “uninsurable” with a “pre-existing condition”.
“It gives me nightmares!” she said, and thanked us for “speaking up for what’s right”. And she was thrilled to hear that the Affordable Care Act outlaws “pre-existing condition” exclusions from coverage starting January 1, 2014.
As I write this, it’s a new day in Georgia – a new day in America…
We will continue on our journey - engaging, educating, empowering all along the way.
Thank you, Dr Saulino and the other "docs on the bus," for all you do.
And, Thank You President Obama ... we have great presidents in this country every 75 years or so ... and it's been almost 75 years since 1939, when FDR began to pivot from the Depression to a World at War. 2014 will be a great year ...
IF we have the President's back.