Collaborated with AMA on Pro-Physician/Pro-Patient Initiatives

Supported National Medical Liability Reform
Helped the AMA organize a "white coat" rally on Capitol Hill on the eve of the Senate's vote on S. 2207, a medical liability reform bill. 

Opposed Medicaid Cuts
Expressed opposition to the inclusion of Medicaid payment cuts in the Budget Resolution noting that the action will greatly exacerbate current health care access challenges.

Supported Quality Improvement Legislation
Supported the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act (S. 270), which would create a system in which health care professionals share and analyze information about errors to prevent similar incidents from recurring.

Supported Mental Health Parity Legislation
Expressed support for the Senator Wellstone Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act (S. 486), which would require group health plans that provide mental health benefits to do so without arbitrary limits different from limits on medical/surgical benefits.

Emphasized "MDs" Not Optometrists Should Perform Surgery
Supported the Veterans Eye Treatment Safety Act, which would ensure that only qualified physicians would be allowed to perform eye surgery in Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities.