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CIR’s Mentoring Initiative–Let’s make a difference!

Remember not so long ago when you were considering a career in medicine? Or when you were in medical school wondering if you would ever make it to residency? Now you can use your experience as a pre-med,medical student, and resident in the CIR Mentoring Initiative to reach out to current medical students.

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Write a Letter to the Editor in Support of Health Care Reform

It may seem old-fashioned in the Internet age, but members of Congress and the general public still take letters to the editor very seriously. Advice from doctors on matters related to health care is critical to generating public support for real reform.

Writing a letter to the editor takes minutes.

Our online tool will provide you with a sample letter in support of a robust public health insurance option that pays providers fairly and gives patients a real choice between public and private coverage. You can edit the letter however you like, or write a completely new one. Our system will automatically deliver it to the local papers near you.

Take a stand for your patients - write a letter to the editor in support of health care reform.


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CIR Joins Other Doctor Organizations to Endorse HR 3200, the America's Affordable Health Choices Act

After a vote by CIR's Executive Committee, CIR formally endorsed HR 3200. On July 27, 2009, we joined with Doctors for America, the National Physicians Alliance, Doctors Council/SEIU and others to issue a statement in support of the bill.

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We Can't Wait For Health CareEvery day in hospitals throughout the country, resident physicians experience firsthand how broken our health care system can be. Right now, Congress is making decisions that affect the future of your hospital and your patients. It’s time to tell them your story!
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Join the Rapid Response Team

This year, Congress will take action on meaningful health care reform, saving Medicaid from potential cuts, reauthorizing and expanding SCHIP, reducing medical school debt, the Employee Free Choice Act, and many other issues that impact residents and their patients. When one of the issues comes up for a vote, we want to make sure legislators hear our voices immediately on behalf of our patients and ourselves.

 

To make sure CIR is heard on these issues, we’re putting together a team of rapid responders.


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The Employee Free Choice Act

We believe that resident physicians across the country deserve a fair chance to come together to improve housestaff salaries and working conditions, as well as enhance the quality of patient care in our hospitals. Most of us are lucky enough to be in hospitals where the residents were organized into CIR chapters years before we got there--so you may be wondering why more residents aren't represented by CIR.

Every year, thousands of people, including resident doctors, are denied the freedom to form a union.



Watch this video about the organizing campaign at Yale New Haven Hospital-- and how the Employee Free Choice Act can help.

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Ask Congress to Sign the "Health Care for America Now!" Pledge

Health Care for America Now PledgeYou know that it's past time for an American solution that will guarantee our families' health and a healthy economy. The first order of business for the new President and Congress in 2009 should be health care legislation that guarantees quality, affordable health care for all.


We all agree that the longer we wait to fix our broken health care system, the harder it will be for us to get the health care we need. But what kind of solution do we want?

A solution in which all of us -- individuals, employers, and government -- share responsibility for guaranteeing access to health care we all can count on?

Or a scenario in which we are on our own when it comes to getting health care?

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