Chapter Begins Physician Recruiting Campaign

Thanks to a very generous donation from a prominent member of the Capital Region business community, our chapter will sponsor a series of receptions and dinners this fall and winter.

We hope to bring physicians together at convenient times and in convenient places to discuss the work of our chapter. We will make the case for a universal health care system through a single payer funding mechanism. We hope to create a place where physicians can explore their concerns surrounding such a transformation. We are confident we can inspire further interest and commitment to our cause.

This is a critical moment for our crumbling and expensive health care system. In light of recent events in California, and with a new New York Governor arriving in just few months, there is no doubt that health care will rise to the top of issues facing a new administration.

We need to grow.

There is strength in numbers and our local benefactor - an individual who not only believes that every American ought to have decent affordable health care but also would like to help American business compete with other industrialized countries that pay far less per capita on health care costs - has challenged the local physician community to join PNHP and get involved.

If you have any ideas about this major initiative - individual physicians to whom we should reach out, ideal venues (e.g., lunch time meetings or presentations at subspecialty chapter meetings, restaurant owners interested in our work,) please email or call us ASAP if you have any suggestions. Please help us set up meetings with your colleagues and friends.

Paul Winkeller