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When asked the question, "If you could change or eliminate something about the healthcare system, what would it be?" by ''Medpage Today'', Orient replied, "Third-party payment. Patient should pay doctor; insurer should reimburse patient."<ref>[https://www.medpagetoday.com/blogs/10questions/45096 10 Questions: Jane Orient, MD], Medpage Today</ref> | When asked the question, "If you could change or eliminate something about the healthcare system, what would it be?" by ''Medpage Today'', Orient replied, "Third-party payment. Patient should pay doctor; insurer should reimburse patient."<ref>[https://www.medpagetoday.com/blogs/10questions/45096 10 Questions: Jane Orient, MD], Medpage Today</ref> | ||
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| + | When Medpage Today asked "What's the biggest barrier to practicing medicine today?", Orient replied, "Interference and second-guessing by vested interests with no responsibility to patients -- insurers, regulatory agencies, and increasingly, purveyors of lucrative specialty board products ("maintenance of certification")."<ref>[https://www.medpagetoday.com/blogs/10questions/45096 10 Questions: Jane Orient, MD], Medpage Today</ref> | ||
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Jane M. Orient, M.D. is executive director of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS). She has served as executive director of AAPS since 1943. In addition, she is the president of Doctors for Disaster Preparedness and chairman of the Public Health Committee of the Pima County (Arizona) Medical Society. Furthermore, she is a policy advisor to The Heartland Institute.
Orient has appeared on major television and radio networks in the United States speaking about issues related to reforming America's healthcare system.
Dr. Orient is editor of AAPS News, the Doctors for Disaster Preparedness Newsletter, and Civil Defense Perspective. In addition, she is managing editor of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons.
Dr. Jane Orient's policy positions
When asked the question, "If you could change or eliminate something about the healthcare system, what would it be?" by Medpage Today, Orient replied, "Third-party payment. Patient should pay doctor; insurer should reimburse patient."[3]
When Medpage Today asked "What's the biggest barrier to practicing medicine today?", Orient replied, "Interference and second-guessing by vested interests with no responsibility to patients -- insurers, regulatory agencies, and increasingly, purveyors of lucrative specialty board products ("maintenance of certification")."[4]
References
- ↑ The right not to work for ObamaCare
- ↑ Why the AMA endorses ObamaCare
- ↑ 10 Questions: Jane Orient, MD, Medpage Today
- ↑ 10 Questions: Jane Orient, MD, Medpage Today