Henry Raines Show 05/21/12

Our guest, Valerie Arkoosh is President of the National Physicians Alliance and a Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Her primary clinical focus is Obstetric Anesthesiology and she holds a Master’s of Public Health degree, with a concentration in Health Policy, from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her current policy focus is on the impact of national health reform efforts on cost, quality and access to care for the uninsured. Dr. Arkoosh is a former President of the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology. Prior to joining the University of Pennsylvania, she was Chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology at Drexel University College of Medicine. She discusses the MamaCare provisions of the Affordable Care Act, what it means to women and families and seniors, what we must do to preserve these basic health care access rights, and what's at stake for all Americans if the Affordable Care Act is reversed.