Obama's Ex-Doctor Knocks Obamacare

On Thursday, July 30, 2009, advocates for a Single Payer Healthcare system (Medicare Expanded for All) stormed Capitol HIll, in Washington, D.C. This date marks the 44th birthday of the Medicare program. Taxis circled Capitol Hill with Single Payer signs hanging from their windows; cup cakes and birthday cards were delivered by activists to each Congressional office; and rousing speech making took place at the Upper Senate Park, just south of the U.S. Capitol.
One of the speakers at the rally was Dr. David L. Scheiner of Chicago. He was President Barack Obamas personal physician for 22 years before he took office. Dr. Scheiner took strong exception to the President's current healthcare reform proposal. The doctor also endorsed the Single Player system as embodied in HR 676.
For background on Single Payer, see: http://www.healthcare-now.org and
http://singlepayeraction.org and http://md.pnhp.org and
http://www.prosperityagenda.us/ In the House of Representatives, Single Payer advocates are pushing HR 676; and in the U.S. Senate--S 703.

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[boltville]

Oh Oh Obama pissed this guy off and now he won't shut up. Good for him! The government is so bent on censoring what we hear. It ain't working no more!

[rkoliver1]

It's Bush's fault Obama's doctor knocks Obamacare!

[MasterNemesis102]

@scottgellermd Hardly, once you strip all the redundant administative services you'll dramatically reduce the cost of services so "rationing" will go unnoticed.

[LovesMassEffect]

Oh yeah! We all know that the government does such a good job managing money, why not give them total control of healthcare.... oh wait, what, the post office is in the red? social security isn't doing so well either? oh wait medicare must be awesome! What? oh they're not doing well either huh... What's that? We are 14 trillion in debt? Ah, lets take a risk, give them control of healthcare! NOT! what a bunch of idiots!

[scottgellermd]

Obfuscations of everything. 'Medicare for All' means government rationing. But there is no mention of that. Typical Obamabot

[TsangBokyan]

@pseudohippie55 just look at cromagnan's profile, and look at his job!

i bet he can't find work, thats why he wants a gov't run healthcare system! bahah!!

cromagnan, how did bush fuck us up? i know, bush was such a pushover that the Russians didn't shake his hand!! hahahah!!!!

yeah, repubs are a cog in the wheel, if your wheel came from the USSR!

and nice way to use a derogatory term for the mentally disabled. you sure are a fine person.

[MulligansValley]

His baldness is Bush's fault.

[RackedRabbi]

I love the comments that health care is Bush's fault. What stellar examples of what is wrong with this country.

People in this country have abused their own health for years, and as a whole this nation's people are getting older. Why is anyone surprised that health care costs are going up?

Stop blaming others for what is the obvious problem - the person in the mirror each of us faces each day...

[lenny380]

HAHA - hilarious - Obama's doctor doesn't even like this crap.

[pseudohippie55]

@cromagnan Obama is lying to you.

DO you honestly believe this bull shit health care plan will actually lower costs?

If you do, you're an ven bigger moron than I thought.

This plan is going to cut medicare by over 500 MILLION dollars.

and if you make over $40,000 a year, you'll have to pay $7100 YEARLY.

This plan will ruin us.

Let me ask you-How many LEGITIMATE US citizens don't have health care?

Meaning no illegal immigrants and no one that just refused health care.

[cromagnan]

OK, I won't. Anythings better than Bush in the White House.