Lake of the Woods Democratic Club
Dr. Christopher Lillis, a physician from Fredericksburg specializing in internal medicine, will review the mechanics and effects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act at a special presentation on Sunday, March 25, clarifying the misinformation and confusion put forth by political adversaries.
The presentation, sponsored by the Lake of the Woods Democratic Club, will take place at 2 p.m. in the lower level of the Clubhouse. Guests are welcome regardless of political affiliation. A meet-and-greet session will begin at 1:30 p.m.
President Obama invited Dr. Lillis to Washington in March 2010 to promote his health care package and to urge Congress to embrace his proposed reforms.
In January 2011, Dr. Lillis delivered a petition on behalf of Doctors of America to Rep. Eric Cantor opposing the congressman’s misconceived efforts to repeal the health care law. At that time he said in an interview, “The new health care reform law will save lives. We are already seeing more patients having access to quality and affordable health care. Doctors and medical students want to work with the new Congress to move our health care system forward by implementing the new reform law, not backwards by repealing it.”
Dr. Lillis earned a bachelor of science degree from Siena College near Albany, N.Y., and went on to complete his medical degree at the Georgetown University School of Medicine, and completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at Duke University Hospital in Durham, N.C. His research at Duke involved cardiovascular disease prevention.
He is a full time private practice internal medicine physician, a monthly columnist for The Free Lance-Star in Fredericksburg, and a member of the board of directors of Doctors for America as well as its director of the blog “Progress Notes.” Doctors of America is a non-profit organization of more than 200 physicians and medical students who have dedicated time to explain the new health-care law to Americans.
Dr. Lillis and his wife and young son in Fredericksburg.
Follow Dr. Lillis on Twitter @drlillisf_burg
For more information about the health care reform law and what it will do, visit the following Web sites:
The Orange County Democratic Committee will meet at 10 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 25, at 135 Warren Street, Orange.
The agenda will include the following:
Details of the April 10 Steering Committee meeting will be announced here as soon as they are available.
The three candidates for the nomination to represent the party in the 7th Congressional District in November will be our guests at the April meeting. They are David Hunsicker, Jim Phillips and Wayne Powell.
The 7th District Democratic Congressional Convention will select the party’s nominee to run against Eric Cantor in the November General Election. Orange County has been allocated nine delegates and two alternates.