How many Physicians Do we Have In Congress?

Thanks to the Wall Street Journal for putting the numbers together for us. There are 2 physicians in the Senate and this seems like a very good time to include a video from a post earlier this year with Robert Scoble interviewing Senator Dr. Tom Coburn, who by the way has a few fans if you check out the comments section from my prior post. Robert does some of the best informal face to face interviews on the web and we all enjoy reading his comments and updates at FriendFeed and Twitter social networks, where opinions count. Dr. Coburn once more states the need for new technology and he frequently uses the web and blog sites to communicate with constituents, nice interview. BD

“Robert Scoble in his Washington series discussed blogging, Healthcare and how Congress operates, good topics. The Senator states that Washington is operating out of the 50’s and that the low rankings of late are deserved.”

He also believes just like Congressman Culberson that we need TRANSPARENCY in Congress for the constituents. His office regularly monitors blogging sites and uses sites as such to get in contact versus running his own blog. He likes bloggers!

Senator Dr. Tom Coburn – Talks about Bloggers, Healthcare and Technology from the US Senate…

Enough with the Democrats and Republicans. How did doctors do in Tuesday’s Congressional elections?

Pretty well: There will be at least 14 MDs in the 111th Congress, a pickup of two seats from the current session, the AMA told us.

Ten of the docs are Republicans and four are Democrats. Don’t hold your breath for them to band together to overcome party differences and lead the nation toward health-care reform.

There are two docs in the Senate: Tom Coburn (R., Okla.) ran for re-election and won; John Barasso (R., Wyo.) wasn’t up for reelection.

http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/11/06/how-many-doctors-are-in-the-house/