Fwd: Dr. Alieta Eck for Congress, NJ12

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From my good friend Dr. Alieta Eck - please support her if you can.  WE NEED MORE DOCTORS IN CONGRESS!

 

Donna Baver Rovito

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From: eck...@gmail.com
To: eck...@gmail.com
Sent: 5/7/2014 10:40:20 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time
Subj: Dr. Alieta Eck for Congress, NJ12

 

Dear colleague.

   I am Dr. Alieta Eck, a physician who is running for Congress in NJ CD12. I ran in the NJ Special Election for the Republican Primary for US Senate this past summer, beginning as a virtual unknown. I managed to secure 26,000 votes in a two month campaign.

   After gaining name recognition, I was encouraged to run for Congress against Rush Holt in NJ CD12, and began to put together a campaign in December. In mid-February of this year, Rush Holt declared that he would not run again. This is now an open seat and the Democrats are in a 4-way contentious primary.   I was able to raise more than $100,000 in the first quarter, considered to be an important benchmark for a serious candidate.

   I participated in an ACLU debate with all four Democrats on May 1st, and PolitickerNJ called me WINNER. Here is a clip that appeared on the news that evening.

http://www.njtvonline.org/news/video/12th-congressional-district-candidates-debate/#.U2VqPaUxiNc.twitter

      I am a physician in private practice, and my husband, John, and I also operate a non-government free clinic, founded in 2003, for the poor and uninsured.

    We are working on a plan New Jersey-- the potential for REAL entitlement reform. Because of our experience with the Zarephath Health Center, (www.zhcenter.org) where we care for the poor and uninsured, we have learned the value of real non-government charity, especially the fact that we can deliver good care at 10th the cost of what the government provides. Our clinic accepts no government money and sees 300-400 patients per month.

   The NJ bill is S94, and we are finally being invited to bring it before Senator Joe Vitale, the chairman of the NJ Senate Health Committee, on May 19th. Once he agrees, the entire Committee will have a hearing on the bill. We have garnered enough support to see it passed out of committee, whereupon it will most likely pass in the Senate and Assembly. Our state faces a severe financial crisis, and this could make a huge difference.

   The essence of the legislation would be for physicians to donate 4 hours per week in or through a non-government free clinic, where the actual care costs the taxpayers nothing. Then we would ask the State to provide medical malpractice coverage to the entire practice of a physician who donates this significant amount of time.  Since Medicaid cost $13 billion in NJ--over 1/3 of the entire state budget, the potential savings could be huge.

  On Monday, I was interviewed by Tony Perkins of the FRC. Here is a clip of the discussion. I am the first person to be interviewed on this nationwide program.

http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?c=RADIO

  I am seeking the support of like-minded citizens from all walks of life. Even if you are not in the 12th District of NJ, when I get to Washington, I will be working on behalf of all the hardworking people in America. Please consider a donation to my campaign by going to www.eckforcongress.com.

 

  Sincerely,

Alieta Eck, MD

Co-founder, Zarephath Health Center

2012 President- Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, www.aapsonline.org

www.eckforcongress.com