Comments on: Health Care Reform Is Down For The Count http://conservativedialysis.com/~mnick/wp/index.php/2009/09/16/health-care-reform-is-down-for-the-count/ Removing Liberal Waste From The American Bloodstream Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:30:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Dr. Roger Smith http://conservativedialysis.com/~mnick/wp/index.php/2009/09/16/health-care-reform-is-down-for-the-count/comment-page-1/#comment-2186 Dr. Roger Smith Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:56:43 +0000 http://conservativedialysis.com/~mnick/wp/?p=1532#comment-2186 Hello nick love the blog Was wondering if you would consider adding ALL Kidney News to you links under kidney? Hello nick love the blog

Was wondering if you would consider adding ALL Kidney News to you links under kidney?

]]> By: Scot Hacker http://conservativedialysis.com/~mnick/wp/index.php/2009/09/16/health-care-reform-is-down-for-the-count/comment-page-1/#comment-2178 Scot Hacker Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:00:50 +0000 http://conservativedialysis.com/~mnick/wp/?p=1532#comment-2178 And as for public opinion: <blockquote><a href="http://www.cbs6albany.com/articles/obama-1266322-speech-plan.html" rel="nofollow">The CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey</a> said 53 percent of responders supported the president's plans days before the address. After the speech, the number surged to two-thirds.</blockquote> And as for public opinion:

The CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey said 53 percent of responders supported the president’s plans days before the address. After the speech, the number surged to two-thirds.

]]> By: Scot Hacker http://conservativedialysis.com/~mnick/wp/index.php/2009/09/16/health-care-reform-is-down-for-the-count/comment-page-1/#comment-2177 Scot Hacker Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:58:51 +0000 http://conservativedialysis.com/~mnick/wp/?p=1532#comment-2177 I'm having trouble digesting the polls you quote, since they seem to fly in the face of most other polls and studies. <a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2009/09/doctors_support_the_public_opt.html" rel="nofollow">A major poll by the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation</a> included more than 5,000 doctors spread across an array of specialties... : <blockquote>Doctors overwhelmingly support either a public option or a public system. Indeed, when you add the two groups together, it's more than 70 percent of respondents. There were some differences across specialties, but not a lot: about 75 percent of primary care doctors favored a public option or public system, while about 67 percent of surgeons felt similarly.</blockquote> Doctors are in an even better position than us mortals to see first-hand just how horribly broken things are. Kind of hard to square those stats with your quoted claim that "45% of practicing physicians say they will consider retiring if Obamacare passes." I smell vested interests. I’m having trouble digesting the polls you quote, since they seem to fly in the face of most other polls and studies.

A major poll by the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation included more than 5,000 doctors spread across an array of specialties… :

Doctors overwhelmingly support either a public option or a public system. Indeed, when you add the two groups together, it’s more than 70 percent of respondents. There were some differences across specialties, but not a lot: about 75 percent of primary care doctors favored a public option or public system, while about 67 percent of surgeons felt similarly.

Doctors are in an even better position than us mortals to see first-hand just how horribly broken things are. Kind of hard to square those stats with your quoted claim that “45% of practicing physicians say they will consider retiring if Obamacare passes.” I smell vested interests.

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