New Hampshire Doctors Challenge Candidates to Address Health Care

Members of the International Association of Dental and Medical Disciplines are issuing a challenge to Presidential hopefuls in anticipation of Tuesday's New Hampshire Primary. The IADMD is a New Hampshire-based association comprised of an "elite group of dentists and physicians including board-certified specialists" who have been "doctors for more than 20 years and have experience as heads of private practice in the US." According to a press release issued by the group, the IADMD believes the candidates are offering no real, viable health care solutions. Their challenge? They ask that the candidates expand the current discussion about health care issues to include their plan, which they describe as a "doctor-observed, patient-focused plan for health care reform that costs no extra money, puts doctors back in charge of health care and provides doctors the latest technology to provide the best care possible." Members of the group see an ominous future when the issue of government intervention in health care is discussed. "The presidential candidates either have plans that cost billions of dollars or don't have a plan at all," says Dr. John J. Ryan, DMD, founder of IADMD, the International Assoc. of Dental and Medical Disciplines and a New Hampshire-based family dentist. "Health care is such an important issue the candidates should be listening to the IADMD doctors that have the medical training to solve the crisis. I commend Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama for talking about health care. But their plans are not viable for many reasons, such as cost and their non-doctor approach," says Dr. Ryan. The IADMD has expressed concern that the Massachusetts Health Care For All plan will be the de facto blueprint for national health care reform. They point to problems in the initial stages of implementation (including rising health care costs) as exacerbating the problem rather than helping make health care more accessible. Dr. Ryan and his association urges the candidates to explore other methods of addressing health care concerns, including the organization's own "universal and non-socialized" plan.