AAN Board Member Testifies on Capitol Hill About Health Care Quality and Cost Control

AAN Board member Bruce Sigsbee, MD, FAAN, testifies on behalf of
the Academy at the hearing "Making Health Care Work for American Families: Saving Money, Saving Lives." (photo credit: Charles Votaw)

The US House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee invited AAN Board member Bruce Sigsbee, MD, FAAN, to testify during a hearing focusing on health care quality and cost control, which took place on Thursday, April 2. This invitation to speak was extended by both the majority and minority parties after Sigsbee met with key members of Congress before and during Neurology on the Hill.

Read Sigsbee's statement.

Access the complete webcast. (Sigsbee's testimony begins at 02:42:00.)

For questions or comments, please contact Mike Amery, AAN Professional Association Legislative Counsel, at mamery@aan.com or at (202) 349-4299.

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