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"Organization is the Key to Winning" - Tommy Tuberville
Interviewed by Greg Brown, Co-CEO & CFO of Brown Precision, Inc.
Tommy Tuberville is best known in our area as the former head football coach at Auburn University. He led the tigers from 1999-2008. During his time there, Coach Tuberville and his team were very successful. They had eight consecutive bowl appearances, five SEC Western Division titles, one SEC Championship, and a 13-0 season in 2004 that lead to Coach Tuberville being named AP’s SEC Coach of the Year. Also during that perfect season, Tuberville was named Paul “Bear” Bryant Coach of the Year, Walter Camp Coach of the Year, Sporting News Coach of the Year, and AFCA Coach of the Year, among other awards.
Coach Tuberville has received many accolades and has achieved much success on and off the football field. But he feels it is now time to “give back”. Although he served the public through working with students in public education, he believes he has always had a void of desiring to give back to his country. He wasn’t in the military but he has the desire to serve the people of our country through serving in another way.
Tuberville said his father instilled the love of the United States into their family. “This country is the greatest country on earth and gives us so much”. His father Charles Tuberville was a decorated World War II Veteran, landing at Normandy at age 18. Charles Tuberville received 5 bronze stars and a purple heart. He passed away in the military at age 53. The admiration for his father is so apparent when Tuberville speaks of him.
So that’s where Tuberville is today, running for the US Senate. He has quite the platform and a list of “issues” he is focusing on. For the purpose of Inside Medicine, we were interested in what he had to say about healthcare. Obviously, Tommy Tuberville knows how it feels to be successful.
He has a belief that the United States has a “great structure to be successful, we just need to be organized and the Federal Government has to be involved” in the issues surrounding the increasing cost, delivery and evolution of healthcare.
He asserts that healthcare and healthcare costs are on everyone’s minds and everyone’s agendas. He believes the system in place is still good, compared to other countries, but it is almost in peril. Tuberville states, “We have a good structure but need to work on the organization”. He adds, “We need answers to the prices of healthcare and drug costs because people are getting to where they can’t afford it.”
Obviously, this is a problem he wants to work on. Although he is against Big Government, he definitely thinks the Federal Government should be “all in” when it comes to healthcare and healthcare reform. “America has the money and resources to be at the forefront and that’s exactly where we should be”. Tuberville told us about a recent study at UAB that President Trump is supporting. He is excited to see the initiative and that the President is on the front lines. With the research they are providing (customized medical treatment on a per patient basis), they are hoping to see a decrease in premiums and an even higher success rate for patients and patient providers.
When asked what role the federal government should play in supporting Bio-Tech research, Tubberville responded that “Bio-Tech is what the future of healthcare is all about and the United States should be at the forefront.” In his opinion customized medicine and healthcare on an individual basis is the way to lower the cost of healthcare across the board.
Tommy Tuberville is hoping to represent the people of Alabama. He wants to be a voice for people and not for special interests. We are thankful for the opportunity and time he gave us in order to hear his opinions. Find out more about Tommy Tuberville’s stance at www.tommyforsenate.com.
