Why did I start Affordable Medical Care for Everyone?
I believe strongly that affordable medical care should be available to everyone in America. Our healthcare system does not equally serve everyone. As the most prosperous country in the world, and with the largest pool of talented individuals and technology in the world, we should be able to solve this crisis. In fact, we have a sacred obligation to do so. My dream is to reach a day where all Americans can get the medical care they need without fear of going bankrupt.
What makes me qualified to take this on?
I am a Board Certified Family Physician with a career spanning over 30 years in all aspects of the healthcare industry.
My professional experiences include:
- Staff physician in a HMO
- Started and managing a solo family practice from scratch and being a participating provider with insurance companies
- Medical Director in the Medicare system where I helped enforce Medicare policies, made determinations regarding coverage of treatments, and educated providers on Medicare coverage policies
- Fraud investigations in Medicare
- Medical Director for Utilization Review for insurance companies where I made decisions on covered services and prior authorization requests from providers
- Medical Director for my State’s Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services
- Medical Director for my State’s Division of Motor Vehicles
- Disability Adjudication for Veterans
- Disability Adjudication for Social Security Disability
- Air Force Flight Surgeon that practiced military medicine at home during deployments in the Persian Gulf war
- Former candidate for the US Senate where my primary platform was healthcare access
- Master of Business Administration degree