Bad Medicine.

Bad Medicine.

Scottsdale – It’s time to get tough with Congress. They are planning to force this new public option down America’s throat. I have serious concerns about these plans. I hope the folks out there do not get the impression that I am trying to be political. On the contrary, I am just concerned for my patients and patients in general! After practicing medicine now for 8 years, I feel I have to speak up!

Patients should know that the program proposed by Congress is too expensive and just as UNSUSTAINABLE (even faster) as the current programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. The whole premise of these measures is to cut national health care spending – and they will do it – no matter the costs (in pain and suffering) to patients! I implore you to send a note or call your representative in order to stop the passage of this health care reform bill.

The plan is bad for America because – it is designed to cut costs, and therefore and inevitably, this will lead to a reduction in the quality of health care. Current government officials will tell you that this is not the case and that they believe that quality will remain the same. This is all in theory! In practice all you have to do is look at other countries where this type of health care already exists. Please go to www.cprights.org to listen on your own to what patients and doctors currently in government run programs say about the quality of health care in their countries.

This whole month my blog will feature segments on the current state of the healthcare debate. Please stay tuned – this affects all of us!