Michael Peter Fallon was born on September 1964 and is a Colorado physician who was the 2010 Republican nominee to represent Colorado's 1st congressional district.
17 Facts About Mike Fallon
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Mike Fallon was born in September, 1964 to Barbara and Jim Mike Fallon in an Army hospital in Fort Huachuca, Arizona.
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Mike Fallon moved 15 times as a child because his father was in the military.
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Mike Fallon attended University of Texas at Austin, which he chose because tuition was affordable.
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Mike Fallon earned an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering, a major he chose because UT Austin did not offer premed.
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Mike Fallon then studied emergency medicine at University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
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Mike Fallon interned at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona and did his residency at Denver General, now known as Denver Health.
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In 2008, Mike Fallon sold his urgent care clinics and returned to work as an ER Physician.
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Mike Fallon decided to run for office while listening to Dave Logan interview DeGette on NewsRadio 850 KOA regarding her support of the Affordable Health Care for America Act.
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Mike Fallon has received support from many diverse groups, including Democrats in Denver's Park Hill neighborhood and local gay activists.
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On September 20,2010, Mike Fallon made national news when the NRCC upgraded him to "On the Radar" status - the first of three levels in their Young Guns Program.
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The Mike Rosen show had previously denied a request from Fallon's campaign for an interview because they did not think he was a serious candidate.
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Dr Mike Fallon lost the November 2,2010 election to Representative DeGette.
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Mike Fallon believes that, while the healthcare reform measures "set out to do some good things," such as creating high risk pools, increased access, and increased portability, the problem with the legislation is that it has not been paid for.
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Mike Fallon says the legislation will cost 3,4, or 5 times more than originally reported.
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Mike Fallon has said he believes that ultimately the health care legislation will slowly push private entities out of the market - and push the American people toward single payer health care.
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Mike Fallon believes that entrepreneurial consumer-based medicine is part of the answer to our future in health care.