Dr. Christine Eady MannVerified account

Well, I do want M4A. But I want to do it in a phased in way, strengthening what we’ve already got while we make the transition.

oh, um, then how do you plan on dealing with hyde? (and all the other women’s reproductive health issues wrapped up in government control of women’s healthcare) because i cannot imagine women buying into “oh look the government is going to control your healthcare, yay”

All healthcare reform, even “fixing” the ACA relies on a Democratic Congress. We won’t get ANY improvements while Republicans are in control. As I’m sure you’ve seen, they want to dismantle the whole thing and replace it with high deductible plans and HSAs. 1/

So *anything* we do, any meaningful reform, whether it’s multipayer, a public option, expanding Medicaid, all of it requires taking back Congress. All of the SP plans I have seen and support would repeal Hyde and fully cover all family planning options. My purpose in 2/

In having these convos it to increase support for universal coverage, with my preference being SP, among Democrats and liberal Republicans (the few that are left) so that when we take control, we have the support on OUR side to make it happen. 3/

Provide cover for elected officials as they vote. The Demand has to come from the ground up, not the top down. But they have to see that the demand is there for *anything* to pass. I prefer SP, and have advocated for it since 2009, based on 30 years of training and working 5/

Sorry, last one should have been 4/! Anyway, based on 30 years training and working in the healthcare system. I’ve contracted with Medicare, Medicaid, Champus, and every private insurer out there. I ran my practice for 11 years and did billing and collections 5/

Personally. So I’ve seen this up close and personal. While all options have pros and cons, I am convinced that SP has the best ratio of pros/cons. But in the end, I’ll get behind ANY system that gets all of my patients covered. I’m weary of seeing people suffer 6/