Cheap Shot
You probably missed it but our president gave a pep talk last week to the recalcitrant public on why his health care takeover must happen ASAP. Viewership was notably poor despite the usual tailwind provided by his friends in the government-controlled media.
An example he chose to underscore what he sees as the problem with our current system was a slap in the face to every practicing physician. To paraphrase it, if your child is brought to his pediatrician with a succession or sore throats, the doctor might decide to take out the child’s tonsils because he’d make more money that way.
Here we have the spectacle of a man who can’t wait to take control of one-sixth of the US economy and he is as ignorant of medicine as he is of building cars or running a bank. As Homer Simpson would say, “Doh.” Tonsils are not removed by pediatricians. Moreover, the going rate for the procedure goes down every year and no one will ever get rich that way. The really infuriating thing, though, is to have one’s entire profession insulted by a politician, someone who has never held a job in the private sector, never done anything to create wealth, who won’t release any school or personal papers, who consorts with radicals and terrorists.
Does he really believe that doctors are in it for the money? Maybe there are such people but I’d be hard-pressed to name any. On the other hand, have you ever known of a politician who didn’t get rich in office (or richer)? OK, not counting the ones in prison.