“Dr.” Obama Suggests Family Care Physicians Not Doing Enough Preventive Care with Patients - Video 8/11/09
Here is video of President (or should I say “Dr.”) Obama today at a Town Hall Meeting where he seemed to suggest that Family Care Physicians are not doing all they can to help diabetics prevent coming to the point of amputation because they only get reimbursed a “pittance.” Obama said we should pay more for preventive care to prevent amputations, which he said often resulted in surgeons being quickly reimbursed “$40,000-50,000.”
This is the second time Obama has suggested that doctors are not doing the best by their patients, but are rather drive more by how much they will get paid. He insinuated at a press conference last month that doctors often remove tonsils in order to make more money.