Obama's Illinois Doctor About Health Care Plan

I guess I should say Obama's ex-doctor, since I'm sure he has a new doctor since taking up residence in Washington, D.C.. His name is Dr. David Scheiner and he practices in Chicago, Illinois. He was President Obama's personal physician for 22 years, and says he voted for Obama in the 2008 election.

What does he think of the health care reform proposed by Democrats so far? He doesn't like it. Dr. Scheiner says the worst part of the proposal is that "private insurers continue to be a part of the health scheme." He thinks America should go to a government-run single-payer system, like we see in other industrialized countries.

Dr. Scheiner says, "Everybody keeps saying we don't want the government involved in health care. But the government is involved in Medicare, and it works." He goes on to say, "I just hope that the Congress, the American public and the president will hear some of my words. We've got to do something better."

Dr. Scheiner was in Washington with a group of doctors on Thursday. They were making the congressional rounds trying to push a single payer system.

It's so nice to see some doctors stepping up and talking sense. Doctors that are at least as worried about their patients as their pocketbooks. These doctors know the private insurance companies are one of the major causes of our broken health care system.