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TO BE A MEDICINE X CITIZEN IS TO HAVE A VOICE, NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE

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On Aug. 1, 2011, Roni Zeiger, MD, realized he was the only conscious patient in the neuro-ICU. “I just got a free pass,” he thought. “What should I do with it?” That night, he decided to quit his job and revolutionize health care.

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For most of his life, Hugo Campos felt his heart do strange things. It jumped. It skipped beats. Too much coffee, he figured. Not enough rest. One morning in 2004, he ran to catch the subway and blacked out.

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In late 2011, Doug Kanter made an unconventional New Year’s resolution: for the next year, he’d track every single data point related to his Type 1 diabetes. Every blood sugar reading. Every insulin dose. Every piece of pizza. Every workout. He’d track his location. He’d upload his photos. And then he’d revolutionize the way diabetes was managed.

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About Medicine X | CITIZEN

To be a Medicine X | Citizen is to have a voice, no matter who you are. CITIZEN is a resource that aims to be a guide to the people and action in the Medicine X community that are shaping the evolving health care conversation.

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ACTION

action

  • Stance Record a voice message anytime, anywhere. Stance will send it directly to your representative’s phone.
  • Town Hall Project Town Hall Project empowers constituents across the country to have face-to-face conversations with their elected representatives.
  • Use Call to Action A guide to calling your congressional representatives: who to call, what to say, and what to expect from the conversation.
INFORMATION

information

  • Compare Proposals to Replace ACA The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation provides an online resource that allows you to compare ACA with the AHCA and a third additional proposal.
  • Countable Daily updates on your lawmakers and key developments on the issues you care about.
  • Dhruv Khullar NYTimes Posts Medicine X keynote speaker and New York Times columnist Dhruv Khullar writes frequently on topics related to health care that are of interest to the Medicine X community.
  • NPR – Health Care NPR Health care section
  • Only Human Podcast Only Human is a show about health that we all can relate to. Because every body has a story.
  • PBS – Health Care Reform PBS News Hour health care reform page.
  • Politifact – Health Care Winner of the Pulitzer prize, the website provides research on the truthfulness of statements made by political figures.
  • The Economist – Health Care Health care coverage from The Economist, a political, literary and general newspaper.
TOOLS

tools

  • 5 Calls Spend 5 minutes, make 5 calls.
  • Democracy.io Email your two senators and representative through a single website. You submit one message—not three different messages on three different forms on three different websites.
  • Facebook Townhall Town Hall is a tool to help you find and contact your elected representatives on Facebook.
  • Stance Record a voice message anytime, anywhere. Stance will send it directly to your representative’s phone.