those suffering from some of the diseases that christine veasley and others who have spoken about her disproportionately affected by their pain, and that means we need a different care model and a different distribution of providers, both primary care physicians working together with specialists, nurses, pharmacists and other on the front lines who might work in tandem with those that, centers, creating new partnerships between them, and we need to pay for those services in a different way. right now there's a disincentive that happens because of our current fee for service health care model, which doesn't allow enough time for physicians or nurses or others to spend with patients to listen to their stories, gather the information and develop a portfolio or plan that's going to really be meaningful for them. that's another area that we need to -- when we think about how the payment system is restructured so that we're not just paying for expensive services but paying for those that fit the patient. the realities there are lots of therapies available today, not one is best for all pati

so it's a really important issue, and it gives me great pleasure to introduce christine veasley, who is a dedicated advocate and executive director of the national vuvvodynia organization. she happens to be a resident of north kingstown, rhode island. christin received her bachelor of science. before coming to the association, she worked in the department of neurology at the john hopkins school of medicine, investigation of neurological pain and inflammati