Dear fellow Nevadans:
As members of Nevada’s community of healthcare professionals, we understand that our nation’s healthcare system is broken. That’s why we support Senator Reid’s efforts to reform our system by cutting costs, protecting patients’ choice of their doctors, and ensuring quality, affordable care for all Americans.
Throughout his career in public service, Senator Reid has shown extraordinary leadership increasing access to affordable health services: from expanding access to "Nevada Check Up" for thousands of NV children to preserving Medicare and ending the looming 10.6% Medicare physician pay cuts in 2008. His efforts are improving the delivery of medical care for all Nevada’s families. Senator Reid’s efforts to lead the fight for reform in the United States Senate health insurance debate is just the latest example of his dedication to this issue.
Working in the field, we know that doing nothing is not an option. The statistics speak for themselves. Maintaining the status quo would result in the uninsured rate to grow by more than 30 percent in 29 states and by at least 10 percent in every state by 2019. In Nevada alone, the number of uninsured could grow to as many at 808,000. Additionally, forty-four percent of residents have not had a colorectal cancer screening, while twenty-eight percent of women over 50 have not had a mammogram in the past two years.
This is not acceptable. And this is why we are standing behind Senator Reid as he continues to work toward common sense legislation.
As members of the Health Care Professionals for Harry Reid Committee, representing our state’s doctor, nursing, non-profit, and academic communities, we hope that you will lend your support to Senator Reid’s re-election campaign – so that he can continue to fight to ensure quality, affordable healthcare for all Americans.
Sincerely,
Health Care Professionals for Harry Reid
Dr. Javaid Anwar, CEO Quality Care Consultants
Dr. Joshua Bardin, MD FACS; Adjunct Clinical Professor of Physiology & Cell Biology
Pam J. Beal, Health Care Advocate
Dr. B Bottenburg, DO
Jackie Brown, Former Director of Susan G Komen
Dr. Jerry Cade
Dr. Ben Calderon
Teresa Crawford, RN
Dr. Michael Daines, MD; Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Heather DeMaris, RN
Dennis Dunn, Director, Nevada AIDS Project
Carole Fisher, CEO Nathan Adelson Hospice
Gary Fisher, Psychologist, UNR
Dr. Robert Futoran, Women's Cancer Center of Nevada
Dr. Ross Golding, MD
Dr. Brad Graves, MD
Justine Harrison, Health Care Advocate
Mylan Hawkins, Health Care Advocate
Dr. Debra Hendrickson, MD
Dr. Florence Jameson, OBGYN
Dr. Ikram Kahn, Healthcare consultant and former member Board of Regents
Tim Kearney, RN
Stephanie Kirby, Executive Director, Susan G. Komen
Dr. Noah Kohn
John Laub, Regenerative Medicine Organization & Nevada Biotechnology & Bioscience Consortium
Dr. James Lawrie, MD
Julie Lundsford, Pediatric Nurse
Jennifer Morss, Executive Director, Aid For AIDS of Nevada
Dr. Nafees Nagy, Founder, Nevada Cancer Centers
Dr. Frank Nemec, Gastrointerology Associates
Dr. Sukh Pannu, MD
Maureen Peckman, Executive Director, Keep Memory Alive Foundation
Dr. Mel Pohl, Las Vegas Recovery Center
Dr. Charles Price, MD
Sherri Rice, Health Care Advocate
Dr. John C. Ruckdeschel, Director and CEO of Nevada Cancer Institute
Larry Ruvo, Founder, Keep Memory Alive Foundation
Sam Schmidt, Founder, Sam Schmidt Foundation
Dr. Nick Spirtos, Women's Cancer Center of Nevada
Debra Toney, RN, President, National Black Nurses Association
Dr. William Torch, MD, MS
