Comments on: Obama insults the entire medical profession

By: David C.

David C. — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:25:13 +0000

Is that right? I was under the impression that the AMA runs/oversees the boards that certify and license doctors to practice in the US, and therefore set national policy for medicine whether the doctors like it or not. If I’m wrong (and I admit that I could be 100% wrong here), could you correct my misconceptions?

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:34:27 +0000

The AMA does not represent the medical community Only about 17% of the physicians and almost none of the surgeons belong to that organization. Some of thier policies are not popular among the medical community

By: Alan Furman

Alan Furman — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:08:12 +0000

Why John Edwards Is Responsible for More Unnecessary Operations Than â€œGreedy Doctorsâ€

By: annoyinglittletwerp

annoyinglittletwerp — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:42:53 +0000

I got shingles at 22(I’m 39) and have nerve damage in a finger that keeps me up at night.
Lyrica is expensive even with insurance so my doctor got me a scrip of something similar that comes in a generic.
It cost me 10 bucks rather than 150.

By: David C.

David C. — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:19:03 +0000

The American people didn’t want to see through him. Everybody who bothered to look knew that he was (and still is) a flat-out socialist. He cares far more about his personal power and ideology than the good of the nation.

But the population didn’t care. They were star-crossed about the first black president, and they believed his nonsense about how Washington will make their mortgage payments and give out free gasoline for their cars.

And they still, for the most part, refuse to actually look at the person, preferring to bask in the reflected aura of his empty promises and rhetoric.

Unfortunately, Congress fully supports him, because his policies also increase their power, and he’s appointing a Supreme Court justice who will support him even when the Constitution says the opposite. He’s moving enough pieces into place that when he finally decides to drop the hammer and openly eliminate democracy, there won’t be any way to legally stop him. And unlike Iraq, there won’t be another world power able to step in and liberate the US.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:55:16 +0000

Personally, I was shocked at how Obama’s comments insulted the entire medical profession.
I am really surprised that there has been little coverage of those comments. Sadly, this
may provide insight into the opinion Obama has the medical community and his plans for medical
best practices. These may simply take away the decision making authority from all doctors.

By: david foster

david foster — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:55:10 +0000

Obama says doctors make decisions according to their personal self-interest….he assumes, and wants us to assume, that elected officials and government employees make decisions *without* regard to their personal self-interest. This is a basic fallacy of liberalism: the liberal tends to see government as an idealized parent, rather than as being comprised of people who are themselves economic actors and pursuing their own desires for power, prestige, money, and security.

By: Sabba Hillel

Sabba Hillel — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:13:52 +0000

From what I understand the AMA “leadership” are a bunch of self solected politicians and not doctors. Most doctors are too busing practicing medicine to be able to get into politics. In any profession you will find the hangers on who are more interested in power than in their profession. Politics is the only “profession” where the vast majority belong to that class of people.

politics – from the roots poly and ticks

poly – many multiple

ticks – blood sucking parasites