For Immediate Release

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

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Congressional District 2 Candidate Neal Dunn

Calls on President to Sign Obamacare Repeal into Law
Panama City, Fla. Republican Candidate Neal Dunn for Florida Congressional District 2
today applauded the United States House and Senate for passing a bill that would defund
Planned Parenthood and repeal major aspects of Obamacare, and urged the President to sign the
bill into law.
I commend House and Senate Republicans for utilizing reconciliation to send a bill to the
Presidents desk that will not only defund Planned Parenthood, but will repeal major aspects of
Obamacare, said Dr. Dunn. As this bill makes its way to the desk of the President, I urge him
to keep Americas best interests in mind and sign this bill into law.
Americans have dealt with this flawed system for far too long, continued Dr. Dunn.
Government-instituted mandates, limited health insurance networks, and rising premiums and
costs simply do not work. Its time to dismantle this broken health care system and replace it
with a patient-centered solution that works for everyone. Floridians, and all Americans, should
not have to settle for a health care system that is based on the governments best interest, not the
patients.
As a doctor, I have seen the downfalls of Obamacare firsthand, and I am ready and committed
to finding a solution in Washington that makes our communities healthier and encourages
economic growth, not stymies it. This has been my platform since Day One and I hope that the
President will listen to what is truly needed, so that Congress can get to work on a solution that is
right for our nation, concluded Dr. Dunn.
Since announcing his candidacy for Florida Congressional District 2, Dr. Dunn has been
endorsed by former Speaker Allan Bense, former Senate President Don Gaetz, former Speaker
Will Weatherford, Representatives Dennis Baxley, Jay Trumbull and Elizabeth Porter, and
Former U.S. Congressman Steve Southerland.
Neal P. Dunn, MD, FACS has been a surgeon in Panama City for 25 years and in the U.S. Army
for more than 10 years before that. He was the founding president of the Advanced Urology
Institute, a 45-physician practice with more than 400 employees and offices throughout North
Florida. He also founded Panama City Urology Center & the Bay Regional Cancer Center and

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has a subspecialty interest in advanced prostate cancer. He sits on the Governor's Prostate Cancer
Advisory Council and also serves on the Florida Blue Physician Advisory Board. He received his
B.S. from Washington & Lee University and his M.D. from George Washington University. His
Urological Residency was at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He has served on the Board of
Governors of the Florida Medical Association for 18 years and was the chairman of the Florida
Medical Association's very successful Council on Legislation. He has served as president of his
County Medical Society, chief of staff of Gulf Coast Hospital and director of the Bay Medical
Center Sacred Heart Joint Venture. He is active in several philanthropies, including serving as
chairman of the Bay Cares program, a charity that provides $30 million of free specialty care
annually to the working poor (with an operational overhead of less than 0.5 percent). He is also
the founding chairman of Summit Bank, a rapidly growing five-star bank headquartered in
Panama City with branches throughout Northwest Florida. In 2014, Dr. Dunn was appointed to
the Board of Space Florida which manages the state's growing assets of space launch,
manufacture and assembly facilities. Space Florida is now the busiest space launch facility in the
world. He is also on the board of directors of Enterprise Florida, a public-private collaborative
group that oversees some $100 million in economic development grants and conduit financing
annually. Dr. Dunn has been married to his wife, Leah, for 30 years and has three sons and three
grandsons.
For more information on the Neal Dunn Campaign for Florida Congressional District 2, please
visit NealDunn.com.
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