The man Barack Obama consulted on medical matters for over two decades said on Tuesday that the president's vision for health care reform is bound for failure.
Dr. David Scheiner, a 70-year Chicago-based physician who treated Obama for more than 20 years, said he was disheartened by the health care legislation his former patient is championing, calling it piecemeal and ineffectual.
"I look at his program and I can't see how it's going to work," Scheiner told the Huffington Post. "He has no cost control. There would be no effective cost control in his program. The [Congressional Budget Office] said it's going be incredibly expensive ... and the thing that I really am worried about is, if it is the failure that I think it would be, then health reform will be set back a long, long time."
Scheiner, who prefers a more progressive approach to reform, was hesitant about trying to divine the president's motives, although he said he believed that "in his heart of hearts" Obama "may well like a single-payer program."
"His pragmatism is what is overwhelming him." Scheiner added: "I think he's afraid that he can't get anything through if he doesn't go through this incredibly compromised program."
Yes, and look at the comments section!! Finally people are starting to realize this man is not at all what he claimed to be. I am really p.o.'d at them though because they were told he wasn't going to do single payer, he didn't have a good plan AND he IS in bed with the insurance companies and has been for a LONG time. They never looked at his bundlers and believed the "only small contributors" and "not a Washington Clinton machine type" baloney!! This man is a Chicago Thug corporate machine guy and that's ten times worse than some fairytale "Clinton so called "machine" I wish they would as compared to OBAMA and his pandering to Exon, the pharma's, the insurance companies and on and on explain what they thought he was really going to do.
Nope he's not going to give us a workable healthcare plan...they didn't want to vote for the one person who actually did want that. Shame on them and even Obama's doctor is disappointed. Disappointment that's too little too late from voters who didn't do their homework on this fraud before they fell all over themselves on the feel good band wagon.
Yes, and look at the comments section!! Finally people are starting to realize this man is not at all what he claimed to be. I am really p.o.'d at them though because they were told he wasn't going to do single payer, he didn't have a good plan AND he IS in bed with the insurance companies and has been for a LONG time. They never looked at his bundlers and believed the "only small contributors" and "not a Washington Clinton machine type" baloney!! This man is a Chicago Thug corporate machine guy and that's ten times worse than some fairytale "Clinton so called "machine" I wish they would as compared to OBAMA and his pandering to Exon, the pharma's, the insurance companies and on and on explain what they thought he was really going to do.
Nope he's not going to give us a workable healthcare plan...they didn't want to vote for the one person who actually did want that. Shame on them and even Obama's doctor is disappointed. Disappointment that's too little too late from voters who didn't do their homework on this fraud before they fell all over themselves on the feel good band wagon.
Exactly. Still never understand how no one can see through this guy.
Amazing isn't it? WE WARNED THEM ALL! I warned the democrats when he stole our votes. I warned the campaign manager for the McCain campaign who this man really was and what he was really about. They all said "Oh it's so silly of you to worry!" The dems drank the kool aide and refused to see him for what he REALLY was and the republicans just were not prepared to fight the full onslaught of Alinsky tactics and fake "grassroots donors." remember he lied about that and is now smearing any protesters as not being "grassroots" now...oh? Again, project your deeds onto everyone else.
So WHAT If some of it's organized! HE organized and that was okay but, this isn't. MORE word salad from this rights stealing THUG.
If people were really smart they would leave both these parties and join together and stand up against this report on your neighbor tyrant.