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Wednesday marked President Obama’s 100th day in office. With that critical day now behind us, the honeymoon is officially over, and it’s time for the media to truly dissect and report on the President and his agenda.
Take, for example, PolitiFact’s findings that of the more than 500 campaign promises made by then presidential candidate Obama, so far he has kept 27 of them, broken 6 of them and has 63 in the works. Perhaps the biggest agenda item in the works is Obama’s desire for a government-run healthcare system.
Appropriately, many physicians and physician-specialty groups have voiced concern about Obama’s plan, which does not continue access to specialty care, offer the best care available to those in need, preserve healthcare decisions to professional judgment and ensure fair compensation for the services provided. According to James R. Bean, M.D., president of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, “We must stick to these goals and measure all reform proposals against them.”
Recently, Troy Tippett, M.D., president-elect of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, joined CFIF’s Renee Giachino to discuss the issue.
What follows is the interview originally heard on "Your Turn - Meeting Nonsense With Commonsense" on WEBY 1330 AM, Northwest Florida's talk radio…[Listen to the interview here.]
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