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Welcome to the Domestic Health section. I approach health, and healing, and health reform through the prism of my own experiences. Being a doctor, growing up with a dad and brothers who are doctors, actively practicing medicine, working even for a while in a socialized medical system in England. Doing a lot of laboratory, clinical medical research, and writing a lot of peer reviewed papers. Doing surgery in other countries including Sudan, England, Mozambique, and Uganda. And then being active in health policy as a United States Senator for twelve years up in Washington D.C. Then we addressed a lot of issues like, healthcare disparities, gaps in our healthcare system, and HIV/AIDS.
I don’t have all of the answers on health issues and health reform or how we should best fight obesity. But I do know that by all of us putting out thoughts together, we can accomplish a lot that will make the quality of life, of all Americans, healthier and more productive. Check out the pages in this section. The News, the Videos, and most importantly how YOU can get involved. Along the way, let me know your thoughts and suggestions.
This post is part of a series on childhood poverty in the United States in partnership with Save the Children and Julianne Moore. Moore leads the organization’s Valentine’s Day campaign, through which cards are sold to support the fight against poverty in the U.S. To learn more or to purchase the cards, click here.
More than one in five American children lives in poverty. In my home state Tennessee it is an astounding one in four.
And it’s only...
read moreWhy is ending childhood obesity such an important issue for you?
Why is ending childhood obesity such an important issue for you? from Bill Frist on Vimeo.
What is the private sector’s role?
I sat down with the Alliance for Health Reform earlier this year and talked about some necessary changes and helpful ideas for the future of healthcare reform. Watch the videos below to see my thoughts on the big changes needed to US health care and especially the need to support primary care.
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More than one-fifth of preschool children are overweight or obese. That’s 20 percent of kids 5 years old and younger who are already on track for chronic health problems such as cancer, type 2 diabetes and heart disease before their first day of kindergarten.
That’s more than 4 million toddlers already queued up for health issues that will last them a lifetime. And of the heaviest youngsters — those who are obese — more than 160,000 live in Tennessee.
Our state’s and our nation’s obesity epidemic is...
read moreHere is a short article that in essence is the speech that I gave to Dresner a few weeks ago which summarizes some current views on helath reform. I broke down our current situation by stakeholder and talk about what is next and what is needed from each.
By William H. Frist, MD, Former US Senate Majority Leader, and Ejaz Elahi, Dresner Partners
Introduction. In this article, we review the current state of the healthcare landscape, the fundamental causes of how we got here, and the legislative response. In addition, we offer...
read moreI spoke last Thursday, February 17th, at the Health Care Reform Summit hosted by the University of Alabama Business School. Here is my full talk on the scope and intent of Obamacare, a little “inside baseball” on the passage of the bill, and the way forward.
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RCP: Republican candidates are pledging to repeal the health care bill, and with your background in medicine and also as a leader in the Senate acutely aware of policy-making, what’s the best way for Republicans to proceed?
Frist: Republicans will not repeal the fundamentals of the new law. Because of the law’s unpopularity with so many hard-working, centrist voters, who see their health cost and taxes continuing to rise, the mantra of “repeal and replace” resonates at election time. Republicans will pick up...
read moreThe federal health care law has a lot in common with TennCare, says former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist.
“They both began with a benefit package that was very rich and had no effective cost controls or cost accountability in the system,” Frist said during a recent conversation in Washington.
There are elements within the bill he likes, Frist says, but the costs render it unsustainable in its present form.
Frist, a former heart surgeon, was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1994, reelected in 2000, and retired...
read morePartnership for a Healthier America Expands Leadership, Naming Board of Directors and Honorary Vice Chairs
Sen. Frist, Mayor Booker Join First Lady Michelle Obama as Honorary Leaders of Childhood Obesity Foundation
Nine-Member Board of Directors Brings Vast Array of Experience and Expertise to Support Partnership, Guide its Activities
Washington, DC – The Partnership for a Healthier America today announced the addition of key leaders in its effort to address the serious...
read moreWith Congress passing the Health Care Reform Bill last night, Senator Frist has been doing several interviews discussing his take on the bill and what it means for this country. Below we will be adding the interviews for you to view and discuss.
Here is Senator Frist’s interview on CNBC about the Health Care Reform Bill.
