Al,
Honestly, is there a way you could use this "connection" to get a bunch of us small practices out in front of the proper committee(s) in charge of all this??? You are the link we need to get ahead of this stupid thing. Perhaps you could even get your presentation entered in the way they do down there as part of the larger record.
Even better at some point Bert, Roy, Leslie, myself and a few others really wanted to start a new small practice, mostly primary care (but a great guy like you would obviously be well too) based advocacy group to stand up for ourselves in ways the large AAFP's, AMA's, Med Society's and the rest just can't and don't. We toyed with this idea for quite some time here, but never really pulled the trigger on it. But I would love to put together a small group of active and concerned docs from here at AC to go lobby and give testimony as to what the real conditions of small practice and primary care is like. I'm just affraid that I will get drafted to run and head the darn thing.... There could be worse things in life I guess... lol
Are ya game???
