In one of the last official protests of the Republican National Convention, doctors and patients descended on Lykes Gaslight Park in downtown Tampa Thursday afternoon. It was the latest stop by Doctors of America, a health reform advocacy group, in a tour to break through misconceptions about the 2010 Affordable Care Act.
Doctors for America’s Patients over Politics tour kicked off in St. Petersburg on Sunday and plans to stop at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC next week. The group started in 2009 and is composed of over 15,000 physicians and medical students aiming to “improve the health of the nation and to ensure that everyone has access to affordable, high quality health care," according to their website.