Monday, August 17, 2009

LOCAL VIEW: A physician's take on health care reform

LOCAL VIEW: A physician's take on health care reform: "First, Congress addressed the economic crisis with a stimulus bill that produced a crushing national debt and the highest unemployment rate in a quarter century. Then it developed the 'Cash for Clunkers' program that ran out of cash in seven days and encouraged Americans to turn in domestic clunkers for Japanese automobiles. Now Congress and the president are preparing to use their management skills to take over health care services.

In the care of a fellow human being, there are a few concepts that every young physician learns. Regrettably, those who would take control of medical services have demonstrated a woeful ignorance of these tenets. Before Americans relinquish their freedom of choice to ObamaCare, they should ponder these 12 basic principles for doctors and health care legislators:

1. First, do no harm."

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