LAWTON – MainStreet Clinic announced the second community forum on the topic of “Affordable Care and Health Insurance, Too,” to be held on Monday, December 7 at the Lawton Public Library beginning at 6:00 p.m. The Lawton Public Library is located at 110 SW 4th [...]
Legislation passed by the Senate Insurance Committee February 19 was passed in the Senate on March 2 by a vote of 44-0 and has been co-sponsored in the Oklahoma House. Senate Bill (SB) 560 is intended to protect patients’ and physicians’ rights to enter into [...]
By Jeff Davenport, MD (Edmond) and Brian Birdwell, MD (Lawton) First published in the Lawton Constitution Grand schemes by government and large corporations to reform health care in the U.S. always have good intentions and yet they all share one failure: they overlook the front [...]
Speaking at the Senior Summit today, held at Southwest Medical Center, Brian Birdwell, MD announced a new program offered by the Birdwell Ferris Clinic called “Ferris direct care: It’s about care, not coverage.™” Membership in this direct primary care program ensures full, open access to [...]
The current health care system has become unsustainable, with costs for health insurance spiraling upward year over year at a rate several times greater than inflation. And while costs have risen sharply, the system has also failed to deliver affordable primary care to a large [...]