Doctors deeply divided over national health care reform
The American Medical Association is one powerful voice on the subject, but it's far from the only one. The AMA opposes President Obama's public insurance option, which he will try to push through Congress this year. But the AMA represents only 20 percent of physicians.
Far from being a monolithic group, the nation's doctors reflect a spectrum of views -- based on personal experience, mission and financial self-interest -- that mirrors the way Americans in general have different hopes for health care reform. Full Story »
Posted by Kristin Gorski
One can not argue the fact that doctors in america are the best trained in the world, however, the one virtue that doctors are missing is a strong sense of compassion for the human race when it comes to health care reform. A healthy nation is imperative and paramount if it is to have a perpetual state of survival. To doctors , having a healthy nation should be their top priority. Patriotism and sacrifice are not just for fighting wars, there are other endeavors that are necessary for a nation to survive. Doctors must learn to view the nation as gestalt that is the whole is greater than the sums of its parts.