Message from Randy Jotte, MD, running for U.S. Congress
I’m contacting you to ask for your assistance in sending me – an emergency physician colleague – to Congress. I’m running for an open seat in Missouri for the U.S. House of Representatives.  While you’re in South Carolina and I’m in Missouri, there are probably few distinctions between the challenges and frustrations we each face in the ER – overcrowding, expectations that the capacity of the ER safety net is unlimited and more. It would be invaluable to have our voice at the legislative table when these matters are discussed and decided.

I ask for your financial help to get me there.  What your colleagues are doing is making a contribution equivalent to portions of a clinical shift – with an hour being $100, a quarter of a shift being $250, and so forth with a shift being $1,000. I can assure you that such support, when combined with that of your colleagues across the nation, will have a tremendous impact on my election in 2012. I also can assure you that my presence in Congress – sharing what we do each and every day in the ER - will have a tremendous impact on how you are affected as the future course of health care is charted. Thanks – I am grateful for your help. If you wish to get in touch with me directly, my cell phone is 314-882-0201.  You can make a contribution through my website at www.randyjotte.com.

Support ACEP’s “Just 2%” Campaign

ACEP has launched a campaign to educate policymakers, the news media and the public about the value of emergency medicine and that emergency care constitutes less than 2% of all health care spending. To hear some talk about rising health care costs, you’d think it was more like 50%! Because of the cost-cutting environment in Washington and in state legislatures, this campaign is designed to promote the high value of emergency care. The campaign launched with a Health Writers’ Conference in New York, featuring ACEP members from Arizona, Connecticut, New York, Texas, Oregon and Washington, D.C., highlighting different aspects of emergency care.

In addition, the results of a new ACEP member poll were released showing increased stress on emergency departments. ACEP spokespersons in 10 top media markets are conducting media interviews to promote the poll results and reinforce the “Just 2%” messages.
 
Help support the campaign!  THANK YOU!!

New Government Affairs Blog
Dr. Wendell has launched and maintains an excellent wordpress blog addressing SCCEP’s current interests in the state’s government affairs. Click here to navigate to the site!