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Article: Curing America's health care woes takes doctor's touch.(Viewpoint essay)
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- Crain's Chicago Business
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- July 14, 2008
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Byline: Vincent J. Bufalino
Vincent J. Bufalino is CEO of Midwest Heart Specialists in Naperville and co-chair of the American College of Cardiology's Advocacy Committee.
Look in any newspaper on any given day, and you'll most likely find at least one story about health care reform. It's a topic that weighs heavily on the minds of physicians like me.
Our current system offers patients uncoordinated, inconsistent care. In addition, too many people are uninsured and without access to basic care.
In Illinois, 14% of state residents from 2005-06 were uninsured-that's more than 1.75 million people, according to the Kaiser Family ...