Obama’s Hype-O-unethical Tonsil Story

By Dr. Brian Russell

During a Wednesday-evening press conference, President Obama spent most of his time answering questions about his proposed plan to reform America’s health care system.  Now, I have two doctorates, two master’s degrees, and a bachelor’s degree, and I still don’t understand the Obama plan.  Keep in mind that I’m a licensed health care provider, lawyer, and MBA, so I have expertise in all aspects – health, legislative, and economic – of this issue.  If you’re interested in my thoughts on the past, present, and future of health care in America, my prescription for the U.S. health care system, originally written during last year’s election, re-ran just days ago in the online magazine of the politically-active women’s organization Smart Girl Politics.  You can find it by Googling “Dr. Brian’s Rx for Health Care.”  On a personal note, I took offense to a hypothetical that the President offered during his press conference to illustrate why his health care plan is needed – he said that a doctor might remove a child’s tonsils unnecessarily because that would generate more income than simply prescribing allergy medication to treat the child’s recurrent sore throats.  If that’s ever happened, it’s not happening with any significant frequency, certainly not with enough frequency to require a radical government takeover of the health care system, and the vast majority of us in the health care professions would never do anything like that.

Dr. Brian Russell is a licensed psychologist, attorney at law and familiar national television pundit on psychological, legal and cultural issues.

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