Day 1: Disaster Preparedness, Health Care Reform and Health Care IT (written by Abby Lowe)

Wow. I obviously should’ve worn more sensible shoes today. I’m exhausted, but Dr. Royer just keeps moving right along. (“I’m not tired until the work is done,” he says. And even though I’m 30 years younger and even though he probably woke up around 4:30 or 5 this morning, I seem to be the one dragging.)It was a great first day of meetings, though. We met with the staffs of 2 senators and 1