<div > <h3 ><strong>Our&nbsp;patients, staff, family, friends, and delivery drivers have vaccine questions</strong></h3> <h3 ><strong>We&rsquo;ve been listening!</strong></h3> </div> <div >We&nbsp;put together a list of questions with honest and frank answers,&nbsp;to open up a conversation with our&nbsp;patients and advocates to address COVID vaccine hesitancy.</div> <div >&nbsp;</div> <div > <p ><strong><a href="https://drsforamerica.medium.com/dfa-covid-vaccine-to ..read more

<h3 ><strong>Doctors for America Stand with US Postal Service</strong></h3> <p>&nbsp;The alarming changes at the United States Postal Service are actively harming Americans.&nbsp; The sudden lack of overtime, removal of mail sorting machines, and sabotage of the USPS to perform its basic functions are causing medication delivery delays.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;Americans depend on mail order medications.&nbsp; A Kaiser health study in 2019 revealed more than 9 million prescription drug orders were sent by mail in one state alon ..read more

<h3 ><strong><a href="https://doctorsforamerica.connectedcommunity.org/home"><span >DFA 2020 NLC Healing America Conference Website</span><br /></a>&mdash;</strong><strong>check out the tracks!</strong></h3> <p ><strong>Only 5 More Days&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;</strong><br /><strong>DON&rsquo;T MISS</strong><br /><strong>Dr Don Berwick</strong><br /><strong>&nbsp;&ldquo;The Moral Determinants of Health and DFA&rsquo;s Health for All ..read more

<p><strong><u>DOCTORS FOR AMERICA AT WORK: </u></strong></p> <p><strong>DFA Drug Affordability Steering Committee co-chair, Hussain Lalani</strong>: &ldquo;<a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2020/08/05/with-covid-19-spreading-and-unemployment-up-texas-must-expand-medicaid/">With COVID-19 spreading and unemployment up, Texas must expand Medicaid</a>&rdquo; Dr. Lalani, writing with his colleague Dr. Hong, calls for the expansion of Medicaid coverage in the state of Texas. Citing recent measures in Oklah ..read more

<p dir="ltr"><strong><span ><span >DFA Action Item</span><br /><img src="https://nmcdn.io/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da/8d6f87ec0e5e4d8ebbef7ce3f365e32c/files/doctors-for-america-healthy-democracy-initiative/election-hands-voting-in-ballot-box-with-background-flag.jpg" alt="Healthy Ballot" width="200" height="135" /><br /></span></strong></p> <p dir="ltr">Doctors for America announced its&#160;<strong><span >Healthy Democracy Initiative</span></strong> this week as part of its Healing America ..read more

<p dir="ltr"><strong><span >DFA'S VIRTUAL NATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE:&#160;<br /></span><span >Healing America 2020<br /></span><span >August 28-29</span></strong></p> <div> <p dir="ltr"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/zINQq_7ZzUit47CJS-5ZREgFOZMxSAq_SWF4njBrDhgy7fxW8ldQHCQzmbxUbkDpWXrjlG8WkVvcTDbL7GgxMIRs6hmBzKmMTys2zz9x4Z_Ka1gAOYzlBacJ8bDH7twxzmy_AfrC" alt="" width="180" height="273" /><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/sFmw1mz9LyPslxOtOT1oFDTweT_ZK4eQrZgsxvy59w-ePSYrEbJE ..read more

<p ><span ><strong>DFA&#8217;S WEEKLY ACTION ITEM:&#160;</strong></span></p> <p><a href="https://secure.actblue.com/donate/weekly.rounds">Please Make a Tax-Deductible Donation to Doctors for America</a>&#160;so it can amplify the trusted voices of physicians and medical students in debates about the impact of structural racism and a pandemic on the health of the marginalized and the vulnerable in our country. DFA is committed to healing America and building a new system that will make health truly accessible to everyone; <a h ..read more

<p dir="ltr"><span >&#65279;&#160;<strong >DFA ACTION ITEM:&#160;</strong></span></p> <p>Please sign change.org&#8217;s petition - <a href="https://www.change.org/p/nancy-pelosi-we-need-a-federal-mask-mandate-americamaskup">We Need A Federal Mask Mandate.</a> As doctors and medical students, we know first hand how important it is to follow science and keep our patients, ourselves and our loved ones safe. WEAR A MASK. &#160; The science is clear - We are all safer if we all wear masks in public. This is a public health is ..read more

<p ><span ><strong>DFA ACTION ITEM:</strong></span></p> <p><strong>Immigrant Health Justice:&#160;</strong>The administration has proposed new rules that would dismantle asylum as we know it, including - allowing judges to reject requests without an in-person court appearance, and eliminating protections for domestic violence survivors, and much more. This is part of a broader xenophobic campaign. Please help stop these inhumane proposals by making a public comment by July 15th. The notice to the proposed rule and link to submit comment ..read more

<p dir="ltr"><span ><strong>DFA ACTION ITEM:&#160;</strong></span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span>Doctors for America has joined an effort calling on the U.S. to immediately restore full funding to both the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span>During a pandemic, the Trump administration has terminated WHO and PAHO funding, undermining the global response to COVID and the Global Health Security agenda.&#160;</span></p> <p dir="ltr"> ..read more