Fwd: Tri-State Docs for Eck Fundraiser

[DonnaBav...@aol.com]

 

To all,

 

You've all heard me say this many times - we need more doctors in Congress!  Doctors are natural problem-solvers and are far less likely to become "politicians" and get distracted from solving the nation's problems once they reach the Capitol.

 

One of the doctors we need the MOST in Congress is Dr. Alieta Eck, whose personal experience providing health care to the poor gives her unique insight into health care policy.

 

You don't have to live in Alieta's district to support her. You can attend this fundraiser, or support it financially.  You can go to Alieta's website eckforcongress.com to learn more, to volunteer, or to make a contribution.

 

Please do whatever you can to send this intelligent, compassionate physician to Congress, where she WILL make a difference.

 

Sincerely,

Donna Baver Rovito

Editor, Liability and Health Reform Update

 

 

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From: eck...@gmail.com
Sent: 8/4/2014 11:20:49 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time
Subj: Tri-State Docs for Eck Fundraiser

 

Dear fellow physician,

     

     It is time to stand up for our patients and our profession. We are all frustrated in one way or another by the burdensome paperwork, ever increasing regulations, ridiculous documentation minutia, time spent on the computer instead of in front of the patient, all to be paid less and less by the government programs and insurance companies. And that was before the Affordable Care Act kicked in.

     How many of you feel that your ability to care for patients is enhanced enough to justify the cost, time away from patient care and the re-learning of medical facts to answer questions about topics you will never, ever use in your practices? Maintenance of Certification (MOC) is discouraging many, and causing our colleagues to time their retirements so as to avoid the next round of testing. Do you realize that the efficacy of this onerous requirement of MOC, especially with the patient care modules, has never been proven?

    Would you like to meet the attorney that is suing the American Board of Medical Specialties on our behalf for requiring MOC in order to keep the title "Board Certified" after our MD or DO? Andy Schlafly, Esq. has agreed to speak at a fundraiser for me on Tuesday, August 19th in Brick, NJ. He was a classmate of Barack Obama and served on the Harvard Law Review with him. He will give insight you will not hear anywhere else.

   There are many reasons why I have an excellent chance of winning in the formerly Democratic 12th district of NJ, one being that the majority of voters are unaffiliated with any party and are pretty upset with the direction our country is going. From foreign affairs, the economy, immigration, jobs, education, energy policy and the ACA-- people are looking for the right kind of change. And I pledge to work to effect that change.

    All I need are the funds to get the word out. That is why I am writing to you. Please join us on August 19th at 6 PM for cocktails and 7 PM for dinner at the waterfront Cedarcroft Club in Brick Township, NJ. Demonstrate solidarity of physicians who are willing to fight for the private patient-physician relationship and the quality of care we all want to deliver. That's why we went into medicine in the first place.  Help to get a practicing medical doctor into the US Congress-- one with a proven record of providing real solutions to assuring high quality care for all patients, regardless of ability to pay..

    Please download the invitation that is attached. Send it to all the doctors on your e-mail list, or print it to post in the doctors' lounge. Then RSVP at eckforcongress.com or on my Eck for US Congress Facebook page.  And spread the word. If you cannot attend, please become a "Doc for Eck" anyway and make a donation of $200 to my campaign. Many of you have already been generous, and with this extra push WE WILL WIN THIS. 

   Thanks, and we can all celebrate together on November 4th and again when I am sworn in on January 3rd in Washington, DC. Let's fix health care. With your help, I will be a loud voice representing YOU in the US Congress.

  Alieta Eck, MD

  2012 President, AAPS

  Co-founder, Zarephath Health Center

  Physician in private practice in Internal Medicine in Piscataway, NJ

  EckforCongress.com