@Terry, Let me know if you hear anything out in Oregon that would lead you to believe that your doctors are up to something. I hear whisperings in Minneapolis. They sound like they are in some sort of civil unrest. Just curious. I need my diabetics spies keeping tabs on what the doctors are up to. This is what they are writing on the interwebs…
" I drove to Eugene last night not to speak, not to lead, but to listen.
What I heard in that room needs to be repeated everywhere.
I was invited to dinner by Suck It Up, Buttercup executive producer Todd R. Otten, MD, FAAFP and stayed to watch another screening of the documentary.
That screening hit differently.
There were members of Eugene Emergency Physicians in the room. Forty-one local doctors who’d been told their thirty-five year contract was over, that an out-of-state corporation was moving in, that the decision had already been made.
They chose to fight. And they won.
Armed with Oregon SB 951, signed into law in June 2025 and one of the strongest corporate practice of medicine laws in the country, EEP had the legal foundation to push back against a private equity-backed takeover of their emergency departments.
As a physician disruptor and physician wellbeing advocate, it’s my job to understand what physicians across this state are facing. Up close. In person. During the Q&A I heard directly from EEP members about what that fight cost them and what it took to win.
I looked around that room as they spoke. I saw physicians who’d refused to accept a decision that was handed to them as final. Who’d organized, fought back, and changed the outcome. The energy in that room? Victory.
Organized physicians are a force. Don’t let anyone convince you otherwise.
My hope in sharing this is that other physician groups facing the same pressure know it’s possible to win.
Forty-one physicians fought back and won. Remember that the next time someone tells you the decision has already been made.
If you want to learn more about the film and the movement behind it, I’ve shared the link in the comments."