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Wayne Powell will be guest at annual Flag Day picnic

Good food, good company and good times will be the order of the day when The Lake of the Woods Democratic Club hosts its annual Flag Day Membership Picnic June 13 at Sweetbriar Park.

Wayne Powell, candidate for the Congress from Virginia’s 7th District, will be a special guest at the event. He’ll speak briefly about his determination to help restore a dysfunctional U.S. Congress.

The picnic will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the covered Lion George Lewis Pavilion in Sweetbriar Park.

Everyone’s invited to the picnic, which has become a much-anticipated early summer tradition at the Lake. There will be hamburgers and hot dogs and a groaning board of other all-America fare, such as potato salad, baked beans, casseroles, side-dishes, watermelon and red-white-and-blue cupcak es.

There’s no charge for admission, but donations to defer expenses are encouraged and appreciated.

After everyone has had plenty to eat, there will be patriotic program, beginning with a flag ceremony and featuring the club’s own “Demettes,” a crowd-pleasing bevy of divas belting out a repertoire of lively and hilarious songs, usually with political overtones.

Raffle tickets will be sold on a lovely wine basket, including two bottles of good wine, wine glasses, candle, two Democratic donkey pins, wine glass tags, gourmet crackers and other surprises.

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Speaker explains how health law benefits Americans

Dr. Lillis’ presentation was well attended

Dr. Christopher Lillis, a Fredericksburg physician representing Doctors for America, cut through the political hysteria and revealed the compelling arguments in favor of the Affordable Care Act at a special Sunday afternoon program March 25 at the LOW Clubhouse.

Dr. Lillis’ presentation included authoritative answers to a variety of thoughtful questions from an audience of about 80 members and guests.

The Affordable Care Act, labeled by detractors as “Obamacare,” is already saving American lives, Dr. Lillis said, even though many of its more important provisions do not go into effect until 2014. He said as many as two million Americans who would otherwise be without health insurance are already protected by the law.

The speaker described how skyrocketing costs over the past 30 years have made it impossible for many middle-class Americans to afford even basic health care. If the trend had been allowed to continue, the physical health and economic health of most Americans would be at stake.

Dr. Lillis said the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act is vital to the success of the legislation. Of eight states who have tried to reform health care insurance, the only one to succeed has been Massachusetts because that state was the only one to include a mandate that citizens buy insurance.

Without the individual mandate, the insured pool becomes sicker and insurance companies, in order to insure their economic success, will withdraw their support of the legislation and begin to lobby against even its most successful provisions.
Dr. Lillis

The efforts of misguided politicians and self-serving businesses to undermine the law are not in the best interest of American families, Dr. Lillis said. The result of those efforts, he said, will be the suffering and death of loved ones, friends and neighbors.

Dr. Lillis left immediately after his presentation to go to Washington, D.C., where he planned to be on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court, which began hearing arguments in a court case brought by attorneys general in 26 states, including Virginia. He will be a part of a group from Doctors of America speaking to the media in defense of the health care law.

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Physician to explain benefits of health-care act

Dr. Christopher Lillis
Dr. Christopher Lillis

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:

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Dr. Christopher Lillis

Dr. Christopher Lillis will speak to the club about the President’s health care reform law at a special time and place. The presentation will be in the lower level of the LOW Clubhouse.