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These Eight Women Doctors Are Making Political History And No One Is Talking About It


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"Female physicians are among the army of women sprinting to Washington this election cycle, to place healing hands on a broken healthcare system. All are proponents of Medicare for all, for reducing the Medicare eligibility age to 55, and focusing on reining in rising insurance, hospital, and pharmaceutical costs. Dr. Ramsey Ellis, became involved with women’s politics in 2016;  called, Physician Women for Democratic Principles or PWDP, by 2016 the group had grown to 8 thousand members buzzing with discontent. They now collaborate with 314 Action to develop women physicians as leaders through a new organization called Run Doc Run. It became clear that many women docs were stepping up, and we now have eight running in federal races, and three in state races. If only one candidate makes it to Congress, that will be one more woman in Congress than there is now."

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I began teaching in 1963,; Ba and BS in Education -Brooklyn College. I have the equivalent of 2 additional Master's, mainly in Literacy Studies and Graphic Design. I was the only seventh grade teacher of English from 1990 -1999 at East Side (more...)
 

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