Washington Report

The Physicians Foundation is pleased to share the Washington Report, written by long-time friend to physicians, Lee Stillwell. Earlier this year, the Foundation engaged Mr. Stillwell to monitor and provide regular updates to the Foundation’s board on the health care reform debates in Washington DC.

Physicians and their Practices under Health Care Reform

A report commissioned by The Physicians Foundation, a national healthcare organization that represents the interests of physicians, raises new questions about the role of socioeconomic determinants as they relate to access, quality, and cost of medical care in the United States.  The report, prepared by a team of noted physicians and economists headed by Richard “Buz” Cooper, MD, Professor of Medicine and Senior Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, was sent to the President and Congress in order to contribute to the national health care debate.