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Obama’s Physician Press Conference Could Have Used a Shot in the Arm

In what was billed as doctors trekking across the country to enthusiastically support President Barrack Obama’s health care agenda, his press conference at the White House on Monday was in need of serious resuscitation.

From a lackluster response among the 150 doctors (outfitted in their “spiffy-looking” white coats lest we forgot who they were) at the event to Obama’s same go-to talking points to justify massive federal spending and Washington control of health care, it’s hard to understand how this conference added any value or differentiation from the dozens of other talks the President has given on his health reform push.

“We have now been debating the issue of health insurance reform for months,” Obama said during his quick press conference, which lasted roughly 9 minutes and didn’t include any comments from the visiting doctors or questions from the press. “At this point, we’ve heard all the arguments on both sides of the aisle. We’ve listened to every charge and every counter charge.” (more…)

Tags: AMA, Barack Obama, Government Health Care, health reform, medical malpractice, Medicare, physicians, Wall Street Journal

Compromising the Doctor-Patient Relationship: The Impact of the House Health Care Bill

Physicians understand the need to undertake serious reform of the American health care system. There are a number of ailments that need to be attended to before the system can be as healthy as it could be. Although the AMA and several other physician organizations feel that H.R. 3200 is the right prescription, a growing number of physicians believe that this hastily prepared treatment plan is likely to make matters worse.

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Tags: AMA, doctors, HR 3200, patients