Chris Dudley for Governor (my final post?)

October 18, 2010

Colleagues.

I know this is a long post, but please indulge me.

There are many reasons to vote for a candidate for Governor, or any other

political office. If we just focus on a single issue, that candidate may be

wonderful for us, he or she may do everything in their powers to improve us, as

in me or my selfish situation.

However, in my humble opinion, we sell ourselves short if we don't vote for the

candidate that will improve our local, state, or federal government, rather than

focusing on the one issue that may have very little to do with the overall

health of our state, and/or country. I choose to look at a candidate that will

do the best job at returning our state to a vibrant, healthy, and prosperous

economy, educate our children without allowing special interests to dumb down

the testing procedures, and push our children into bankruptcy, rather than

pushing them to succeed.

Even though I haven't gotten the opportunity to discuss with Dudley, his

vision for our profession, I have had the pleasure of meeting him multiple

times, and I listened to his vision for the entire State of Oregon, and our

children's future. If you simply go to chrisdudley.com, you will be able to see

his " Jobs First, Oregon's Recovery Plan " , his " 26 Point Budget Reform Plan " , his

" 20 Point Plan to Create Private Sector Jobs and Stimulate the Economy " , his " 18

Point Plan – Educating for Our Economic Future " , and many other great, fresh

ideas for Oregon's Recovery.

I won't go on and on with his plans here but at lease Dudley has a plan

for Oregon If you would like, you can go to this link,

maybe Dudley isn't promising our profession the moon, I really can't say

one way or another. But I can say, with confidence that at least he is looking

at making big changes to our state. And as a direct result, us as a profession

who will enjoy patients that have the money to come see us, pay full price,

and/or enjoy great insurance benefits that will include us as providers.

I would rather see this scenario for Oregon, than one that has us included as

PCP, in a health care system that pays peanuts, and has strict limitations on

the amount of care the patients can receive.

Call me simple minded if you would like, but I believe a robust economy will

take care of our patients, and in the long run, take care of us. Begging for

small scraps of the " health insurance loaf of bread " isn't where I want to be.

Thanks for reading.

Grice, DC

Albany, OR

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